Color and fire : defining moments in studio ceramics, 1950-2000 : selections from the Smits collection and related works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, Calif. : LACMA in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 2000
Physical Details
251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
ISBNs
9780847822546, 0847822540
OCLC
ocm45743211
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and three other institutions between June 4, 2000 and Oct. 2, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
Mapping the history of a collection: defining moments in ceramics at LACMA / Jo Lauria -- Ceramics in the West: the explosion of the 1950s / Susan Peterson -- Otis and Berkeley: crucibles of the American clay revolution / Garth Clark -- Figurative impulse in contemporary ceramics / Peter Selz -- Better living through tea: contemporary artists investigate the teapot and teacup / Rebecca Niederlander -- Gwen Laurie Smits: tribute to a collector / Gretchen Adkins