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Robert Maxwell Signed Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully made and beautifully designed Mid-Century Modern pottery charger by famed California potter and sculptor Robert Maxwell.
Maxwell co-founded Earthgender pottery with fellow potter David Cressey.
This charger/platter was made at his Venice beach, California Pottery studio in the early 1960s as verified by his wife. It is a very rare piece in respect to design, pattern, and sheer Size/heft (it is a very heavy work). We have not seen another quite like it.
Apparently, he only made a few with some filled with melted glass to create the design/pattern.
Signed by Maxwell on the base.
Would clearly be a great addition to any mid-century pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Glazed Stoneware Sculpture Entitled « La Cible », Anne Barrès, 1971
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « La Cible » by Anne Barrès.
Artist signature under the base « Barrès ».
1971.
Unique piece.
H : 4.7’ x 18.5’ x 18.11 inches.
Category
French Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Important Vase in Glazed and Engobed Stoneware, Jean-Pierre Bonardot, 1999
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important vase in glazed stoneware and engobed by Jean-Pierre Bonardot. Artist signature under the base « JP Bonardot 99 ». Unique piece. 1999.
H : 19.7’ x 27.5’ x 5.9’ inches.
Category
French Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Brutalist Ashtray by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor, 1950s
Located in View Park, CA
A green glow: monumental vintage Italian brutalist hand-worked metal ashtray by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor, made in Italy circa 1950. Patinated copper in tones of chartreuse, teal, and pewter. Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni wed ancient Italian pottery technique with decidedly Modernist elements, garnering tremendous acclaim both at home and abroad - his work has been collected by important museums worldwide. When Fantoni died in Florence in 2011 at the age of 95, his obituary in the Italian newspaper La Nazione hailed him “the master of beauty.” This stunning piece certainly justifies the moniker. With the signature etched on verso, it is without doubt an heirloom rarity for the savvy collector...
Category
Italian Brutalist 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Copper
Woodfired Ceramic Vase, Eric Astoul, 1986
By Eric Astoul
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Woodfired ceramic vase by Eric Astoul.
Artist signature under the base. 1987.
H : 12.6’ x 9.8’ inches.
Category
French Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Sculpture in Glazed Stoneware Entitled « Le Crapeau », Anne Barrès, 1977
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall sculpture in glazed stoneware entitled « Le Crapeau » by Anne Barrès.
Artist signature on the back « Anne Barrès ». 1977. Unique piece.
Can be displayed both indoors and outd...
Category
Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Rope
Large Wall Sculpture Entitled « Grande Voile » in Grey Clay and Rebar, 1970-1980
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large wall sculpture entitled « Grande voile » in grey clay and rebar by Anne Barrès.
Circa 1970-1980.
Unique piece.
H : 19.7’ x 59.4’ x 4.1’ inches.
Category
Beaux Arts Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Metal
Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite impressive large, heavy, hand-decorated bowl by Ohio-born Midwest American master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Unique Geometric Japanese Studio Art Vase, 20th Century
Located in View Park, CA
A staggeringly unique vintage Japanese studio art geometric stoneware vase, mid to late 20th century. Tones of licorice, sand, and snow. Signed wit...
Category
Japanese Post-Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Signed Studio Pottery Vase 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Signed Studio Pottery vase 1970s.
Very unique brutalist stoneware vase, textured, rectangular form with relief carved design detailed with raise...
Category
American Brutalist 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Wall Sculpture Entitled «Tressage» in Porcelain, Stoneware and Rope, Anne Barrès
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall sculpture entitled « Tressage » in porcelain, stoneware and rope by Anne Barrès.
circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 31.5’ x 31.9’ x 3.9’ inches.
Approximate dimensions.
Category
French Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Colored blue and red stoneware ceramic pitcher circa 1990 signed Maya
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Maya
Signed under the base
Colored stoneware ceramic pitcher
Original good condition
Red and blue colors
Height 20 cm
Large 16 cm
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memphis Group, an international design movement that came out of Italy during the 1980s (1980-1988), and specialized in postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass, and metal objects.
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore S...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mexican Tonala Hand Painted Colorful Pottery Dove
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery dove Folk Art.
Rita Tilleya Yelapa Mexico hand painted ceramic bird dove.
Warm earth tone polychrome color...
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Memory Vases Jugs Early 20th Century Folk Art, Pair
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare pair of folk art memory vases, antiques 1900-1910
Folk art vases from multiple inserted small tokens, mementos like porcelain doll heads. Good antique condition. Some missing pieces and also chips around the fringes.
Very decorative pieces.
Dimensions 5.5" x 10.23".
Memory vases origin:
As a cultural artifact of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, memory jugs possess an intersectional history as a form of domestic craft with ties to African and African-American burial practices. Traditionally created by the Bakongo people in Central and West Africa as grave markers...
Category
Austrian Arts and Crafts Antique 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Wedgwood Ceramic Jug, with Hunting Scenes, England 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
The jug is made of fine pottery with a cream colored glaze cover. The flared body shows elements in relief in the first elevation. Then a central band wit...
Category
British 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Beatrice Wood Signed Pink Lava Glaze Midcentury California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice Wood signed bowl featuring a unique pink lava glaze and piercing blue crackle glass in the cente...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Rare dutch "Gaper" statue with monkey on his shoulder.
Located in Leuven , BE
A gaper is a stone or wooden figurehead, often depicting a Moor, Muslim, or North African. The figurehead first appeared in the late 16th century as a hangout sign used outside the storefronts of drug stores in the Netherlands. The meaning of gaper is the same in English; the figurehead is always displayed with an open mouth, sometimes with a pill resting on his tongue. The gaper's gaping tongue could represent the intake of medicine and grimace represents the bitter taste of the medicine. The gaper takes on various appearances that are symbolic of the origin for the pharmacist...
Category
Dutch 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Plaster
Owl Ceramic by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramics in the shape of a owl stamped Dominique Pouchain.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bell Shaped Ceramic Pendant, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique handmade ceramic pendant with hand-carved incised organic decorations. Bell shaped body with perforations on the lower and top part for the light to shine through. Glazed with...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large Japanese Pottery Charger in the Manner of Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, sumptuously, richly, and darkly glazed, hand-decorated large Japanese studio pottery charger. The craftsmanship is exquisite. The piece radiates in the light and features an abstract trailed glaze design. The work is very reminiscent of Japanese master potters Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu (the previous owner lived half of each year in Hawaii where Toshiko lived and collected both her and Hamada's works).
Possible marker's impressed mark/ chop signature along the edge of the lower rim (please see photos).
Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian pottery/ ceramics...
Category
Japanese Showa 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Moroccan Ceramic Bowl with Lid Tajine from Fez Polychrome
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan large ceramic decorative serving bowl tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid.
The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone.
Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco.
Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...
Category
Moroccan Moorish 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase with White Glaze Decoration, Signed Lion, circa 1920-1930
By Eugène Lion
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase with white glaze decoration.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed "Lion" under the base,
circa 1920-1930.
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Antique Mexican Pitcher in Frog Shape attributed at Gorky Gonzalez, made in ceramic and hand painted.
About Gorky Gonzalez:
Founder and artistic director of Traditional Pottery began his studies with his father, the Mexican sculptor...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Rustic XXth Century Design Brown and Grey Ceramic Pitcher Lohoff La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lohoff (Montreau Lohoff)
Realised in La Borne circa 1960.
Large stoneware ceramic pitcher.
Unique handmade piece.
Signed under the base.
Original perfect condition.
...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small Ceramic Blue and White Marbled Pinch Pot Vase
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful small ceramic pinch pot vase. Created from clay, this fun piece will be fantastic used in a grouping of other vases and filled with your ...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Floral Organic Modern Ceramic Wall Plate / Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage handmade fully glazed Swedich midcentury modern wall platter / centrepiece with organic, floral decor depicting a gazelle with a direct gaze surrounded by vegetation in brown, ochre, green, white and bright pink colors on a striped dark blue background created with the experimental sgraffito technique that Tilgmans became famous for. Designed and handpainted in the late 1950s by Eivor Lang and manufactured by German/Finnish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in the small town of Kortedala close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Milky white glaze on the base and sides with curved, muted green decor framing the image along the edge. Three holes for hanging - two in use with metal wire. Signed under base. An handpainted piece in beautiful condition.
Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light colored glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in midcentury Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Dora De Larios Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Large Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, rare, and unique large stoneware vase by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios.
De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Janet Leach Signed British Studio Pottery Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl with Box 1971
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and glazed Japanese Mingei style Chawan tea ceremony bowl with ears by esteemed American born/ British potter Janet Leach, wife of f...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Midcentury Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Traditional Spanish Ceramic Trumpet, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional Spanish rustic ceramic trumpet.
Manufactured in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserv...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Gouda Pottery Jug with Stopper, Hand Painted, Holland, 20th Century
By Gouda Vase
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Gouda folk art pottery jug or decanter with stopper - hand painted stylized floral decoration to the front and back - clear high gloss glaze with...
Category
Dutch Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Asian Signed Glazed Pottery Ceramic Folk Art Wabi-Sabi Yunomi Teacup
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese yunomi teacup featuring a muted green glaze with a white overlay and subtle shifts in color and texture. The work glows in the light.
This little gem came from a collector of fine Japanese and Asian ceramics - a collection like no other we have seen before. The yunomi teacup has a somewhat Wabi-Sabi feel and appearance to it.
Signed by the maker/artist on the base.
Would be a great addition to any Asian or Japanese pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
Japanese Showa 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Mask, Accolay, France, 1960s
Accolay was a pottery center in France, north of Burgundy, founded amongst others, by 4 students of Alexandre Kostanda. Active between 1945 and ...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Pottery Vase , circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase possibly Delaherche circa 1930.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Unicorn by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramic in the shape of a unicorn by Dominique Pouchain.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase by Robert Heraud, circa 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by Robert Heraud.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed under the base.
Circa 1970-1980.
Unique piece.
Category
French Beaux Arts 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Alabama Folk Art Pottery grouping Montgomery area pre-WW2 anonymous craftsman
Located in Mobile, AL
Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their nam...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Warren MacKenzie Signed Studio Pottery Ceramic Tenmoku Glazed Footed Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous work by 20th century master American and renowned Minnesota studio potter/artist Warren MacKenzie.
The three-footed tenmoku glazed bowl is signed/ stamped along the foot rim by MacKenzie and features a unique decorative pattern. The dark, rich glaze radiates in the light.
This work would a great addition to any Warren Mackenzie or modern pottery/ ceramic collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
A student of both famed ceramic artists Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, Mackenzie is credited with bringing the functional Japanese Mingei tradition and craft to the United States and spreading it through his own art and teaching mentorship during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.
Along with being named a Regent’s Professor, and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, the highly decorated and awarded MacKenzie was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. He later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1997 and a year later he was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council.
His work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England
Contemporary American Crafts...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Mexican Hand Painted Colorful Tonala Pottery Ducks Set of Three
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery birds Folk Art with brass decoration in the style of Sergio Bustamante.
Vintage Mexican ceramic and brass hand painted Tonala pottery duc...
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Aboriginal Dot Pattern Gilded Studio Ceramic Bowl, Signed, Australia, 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Aboriginal 'dot' pattern studio pottery bowl with gilded highlights - wheel thrown conical shape - hand painted design with mirror black glaze to the outer sides and background - sig...
Category
Australian Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Annikki Hovisaari Signed Arabia Finland Scandinavian Modern Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Scandanavian glazed stoneware pottery footed vase by Annikki Hovisaari for Arabia Finland. This piece features a sea-like turquoise/ blue glaze and gourd-like shape.
...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Josef Albers Study for Homage to the Square Limited Edition Ceramic Platter 1999
By Josef Albers
Located in Studio City, CA
German-born artist Josef Albers wonderfully designed Homage to the Square, four glazed Italian porcelain ceramic platters, chargers, plates, each hallmarked/stamped on verso, from a limited sold-out edition. Each platter comes in its original box and is based on Albers' 1954 original oil on masonite work. Albers is widely considered one of the most influential artists and teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century.
The platters were done in a limited edition run of 1500 in 1999 and quickly sold out. They were all made in Italy specifically for MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art).
Would be a great addition to any modern art or ceramic collection. These platters have become rare and scarce - especially in this pristine, as new condition.
Platter dimensions: .75" high, 11.75" wide, 11.75" deep...
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Glazed Square Plate with Hand Painted Designs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic plate features a square shape with turned up corners. The plate is glazed in a soft cream and beige coloring with speckling throughout. The piece is finished with two hand pa...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1 of 3 Signed Roger Guerin 1930 Fleur De Lis Ceramic Stoneware Pottery Vase Pots
By Roger Guerin
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, fully signed, original circa 1930 Roger Guerin ceramic pots of large proportions with Fleur De Lis decoration
Roger Guèrin (1896-1954) was one of the leading Belgian ceramists in Bouffioulx near Charleroi. Typical was his use of flowing glazes in his decorations. He was true to the history of this region, often working on a type of hard ceramic (fired to over 1250 degrees Celsius) which was made there since the late Middle Ages. He exhibited at the Paris expos...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Colombian Clay Water Jug / Container
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Excellent vintage hand made Colombian water jug /container. Features a spherical shape.
Category
Colombian Tribal 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Unique Face Jar with Lid, Signed Waar, 1986
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique face jar with lid, signed Waar, 1986
Unique and intersting.
This jar will add interest to any room.
Nice glaze.
Category
American Bohemian Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Mexican Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird Folk Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art.
Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic.
Warm earth tone polych...
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection).
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts.
A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Winchcombe Studio Pottery Slip Ware Baking Dish
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage Winchcombe press-molded baking dish decorated with trailed slip designs attributable to Michael Cardew (British, 1901-1983) and probably ...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Berber Old Earthenware Bowls and Lids from Morocco
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/2956 - Old earthenware bowls and lids from Morocco: terracotta lids can be used to keep food warm in serving dishes.
I'm closing my activities, so...
Category
Moroccan Moorish 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Glazed Ceramic Figural Art Vessel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A glazed ceramic art vessel in two parts. Decorated as a female head, the pedestal has eyes, cheek dimples and lips all glazed while the pedestal has moulded undulating polka dot dec...
Category
20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century Large Ceramic Owl Wall Hanging
Located in Charlotte, NC
A large mid 20th century decorative owl wall hanging, artist unknown. Ceramic pottery with a glaze and embedded hooks for wall hanging. Originated as ...
Category
American Country 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Kazuko Matthews Signed Postmodernist Pottery Checkboard Glazed Ceramic Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, whimsical work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko Matthews.
This large black and white checkboard rhombus-shaped bowl/ vessel is signed on the base by Matthews. The piece is reminiscent of the works of Peter Shire.
Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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