"The work of sixty-six ceramic artists ... Featuring large, full color illustrations and extensive biographies"--Cover.
This book, for the first time, presents a comprehensive overview of the history and wares of California Faience and related West Coast Porcelain, Potlatch Pottery and Deer Creek Pottery.
From the outset, American artist Betty Woodman (born 1930) has used ceramics as her medium of expression and artistic research, and it has made her one of the most influential and original voices on the international art scene.
"Published to accompany the exhibition Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, organized by the Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, held there October 4, 2013 to March 9, 2014, and circulated ...
An ideal reference for both advanced and beginning collectors, the book includes the big companies like Weller, Rookwood, Roseville, Brush McCoy, and American Encaustic Tile.
You will be astounded to learn what these pieces sold for at auction and how truly valuable these works of art have become. The front part of the book gives the gallery's conditions of sale and guidelines governing their results.
Specifically focuses on bookends, paperweights, and animal figures.
Dark Light is the first book on the ceramics of the great Navajo ceramist Christine Nofchissey McHorse and features her award-winning sculptural black series begun in 1998.
McCoy Pottery: Collector's Reference & Value Guide Featuring the Finders Keepers Section and 3 Volume Index