Pillow Vases

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Pillow Vases

circa 1945
Furnishings; Accessories
Earthenware
.1) 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (10.48 x 16.51 x 5.72 cm); .2) 5 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (14.61 x 16.51 x 5.72 cm); .3) 7 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (18.42 x 16.19 x 5.72 cm)
Decorative Arts and Design Acquisition Fund and partial gift of Bill Stern (M.2010.91.8.1-.3)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Barbara Willis ran her eponymous pottery studio in Los Angeles from 1943 to 1958....
Barbara Willis ran her eponymous pottery studio in Los Angeles from 1943 to 1958. Although her company always produced affordable production-line work, selling to some of the nation’s most prominent department stores, her early slip-cast pottery retained the handcrafted aesthetic she had learned as a student of renowned studio potter Laura Andreson at UCLA. Pieces like this early set of Chinese Pillow Vases in rich turquoise show Andreson’s influence.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
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Bibliography

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. 

Exhibition history

  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Tokyo, Japan, The National Art Center, Tokyo, March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery, July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" South Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
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