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Ceramic Bowl with Expressive Glaze by Beatrice Wood

Creator: Beatrice (Beato) Wood
Offered by: Tishu

Description
A ceramic bowl by American artist and studio potter Beatrice Wood (1893-1998). The elegant bowl has a deep half-hemisphere form that is supported by a short and small foot ring. The wall was rather thinly potted, a little unusual for the artist. The exterior and interior of the bowl are covered in a black glaze with a subtle metallic sheen. As if painting on a black canvas, the artist created a striking pattern of splashed and swirling blueish white glaze, likely using a salt or alkaline based glaze. The bowl is signed on the unglazed bottom "Beato" as shown.
Beatrice Wood was a multi-disciplinary artist and author. In her long life and career, she was known as Mama of Dada, an avant-garde artist, a potter, an author, and an inspiration. Her long career with pottery is distinguished by a signature style of in-glaze luster that draws the metallic salts to the surface of the glaze by starving the kiln of oxygen.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	ceramic
Condition:	Good. There is a small chip or glaze loss on the base ring as shown. The thin edge has some minute flea bites to the touch of the fingertip.
Creation Date:	1980s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Art Pottery
Patterns:	Abstract, Contemporary/Modern, Geometric, Handmade
Incollect Reference #:	622332

Dimensions

H.	3.25 in;	Diam.	7.75 in;
H.	8.26 cm;	Diam.	19.69 cm;

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