Planter

© La Gardo Tackett Estate. Architectural Pottery, Vessel ® USA Inc. All rights reserved.
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Planter

circa 1957
Furnishings; Accessories
Earthenware, walnut
a) Planter height: 26 1/2 in. (67.31 cm); a) Planter diameter: 18 in. (45.72 cm); b) Stand: 20 x 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (50.8 x 36.2 x 36.2 cm); a-b) Overall height: 31 1/4 in. (79.38 cm); a-b) Overall diameter: 18 in. (45.72 cm)
Gift of Joel and Margaret Chen of J.F. Chen (M.2009.137a-b)
Decorative Arts and Design
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

California School of Art instructor La Gardo Tackett challenged his students to modernize traditional terra-cotta planters....
California School of Art instructor La Gardo Tackett challenged his students to modernize traditional terra-cotta planters. The resulting forms became the initial collection offered by Architectural Pottery, a small firm whose products, designed to be used indoors and out, became emblematic of California living. Part of Tackett’s later collection, this planter was offered with a walnut stand that the company claimed would “truly unify the plant containers with the softened, elegant carpeted living-dining entry room décor.”

(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" Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery, July 6, 2013 - September 29, 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" Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery, July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • 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" Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" South Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
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