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CERAMIC LIDDED POT by Harrison McIntosh
A wheel-thrown straight-sided round lidded pot crafted out of red-brown earthenware. The pot’s lid sits recessed on a flange circling the inside of the mouth. A stubby three-blade knob rises from the lid on a short neck. The pot’s exterior is combed all around with deep horizontal precision grooves and is covered in a dark-cream matte glaze. The exterior is patterned with alternating equal sections of “squares” and “circles”. The squares were formed by applying dark-brown matte glaze only within the channels of the grooves. The circles were formed by dry-sponging a grey-brown matte glaze only on the ridges of the grooves. Dark-brown matte glaze was brushed on top of the lid and around the perimeter of the pot’s low foot. The lid’s knob remains a dark-cream accented with light-brown. Light-brown also accents the rim. A light-blue matte glaze was applied over the pot’s interior and a light-brown wash was brushed over the blue producing color striations and heavy speckling. The piece is coated with a clear matte glaze overall. The lid’s underside, the mouth flange and the low foot remain a burnished bisque finish. Scattered firing inclusions are apparent over the pot’s surface.
The lidded pot measures approximately 6-1/2” high X 8-3/4” at its widest part. The pot is 5-1/4” high without its lid. The artist’s stamp is incised on the bottom. The pot is in mint condition.
The piece was created in 1977 by Harrison McIntosh a prominent artist whose works are in the permanent collections of various museums around the world including the Musee National De La Ceramique, France; Musee Des Arts Decoratifs the Louvre, France; Mingei Museum, Japan; Kiushu Museum, Japan; Belgian Royal Collection (ms), Belgium; Arizona State Museum, Arizona; Everson Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Smithsonian Institution Renwick Gallery, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Haggin Museum, California; Long Beach Museum of Art, California; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Johnson Collection, Wisconsin; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah; Boise Arts Museum, Idaho; Newark Museum, New Jersey and others.
Mr. McIntosh has been featured in a number of books and articles including “Ceramic Art In America”; “California Design”; “Contemporary Ceramics”; “Modern Ceramics”; “House Beautiful”; “Cahiers de la Ceramique”; “Crafts Horizon”; “American Artist” and “Objects U.S.A.”, to list just a few.
Major exhibitions include First International Ceramic Festival - Cannes, France; The Smithsonian Institute - D.C., U.S.A.; International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art - Tokyo, Japan; Craftsmanship Defined – Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Second International Ceramic Festival (ms) - Ostend, Belgium; Craftsmanship, L.A. County Museum of Art – Los Angeles, U.S.A.; Invitational Decorative Arts/Ceramic Exhibition – Wichita, U.S.A.; International Exhibition Of Contemporary Ceramic Art – New York, U.S.A.; Chaffey College Retrospective – Alta Loma, U.S.A.; and MOA Foundation Exhibition – Los Angeles, U.S.A., to list a few.
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