American Art Pottery, Second Edition, by 32-year collector and dealer Dick Sigafoose, now features the products, histories, and interesting information of 54 potteries. 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. It also includes the smaller producers like Newcomb, Muncie, Uhl, Grueby, and California Art Tile. The pricing guide and identification information helps collectors purchase bargains and appraise collections. There are over 650 color photographs of pottery and tiles that include close-ups and shots of backstamps. Old factory catalog pages and advertising also assist collectors with identification. It's a must-have for collectors of any type of American Art Pottery.
"The work of sixty-six ceramic artists ... Featuring large, full color illustrations and extensive biographies"--Cover.
Margie Hughto: Ceramics, 1980-1990
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 ...
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