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Jean Désiré Ringel d'Illzach
Owl-Chimera1905

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a hunched human figure, head bowed forward, with a glossy rose-pink and cream glaze pooling in deeply modeled folds
Ceramic sculpture of an abstracted human torso with high-gloss glaze in swirling pink, white, and brown tones, showing softly modeled surface forms against a dark background.
Polished stone sculpture with smooth, rounded organic form in warm tan and brown tones, with fine mottled surface patterning and a pale pinkish hollow at lower center, resting on a dark surface.
Close-up detail of a ceramic surface with deep red and pale cream glaze, fine crackled texture throughout, and a dark irregular crack running diagonally across the lower portion.
Close-up of the base of a pink-glazed ceramic figure, showing an impressed maker's mark with Latin-script text and a date, with mottled rose and white glaze and visible firing cracks.
Close-up of a large ceramic sculpture with smoothly undulating lobed forms, glazed in mottled tan, blush pink, and deep burgundy with a glossy, slightly crackled surface.
Ceramic vessel photographed from above, showing a wide irregular opening with rough unglazed interior walls in pale gray and white clay; exterior surface covered in glossy pink and rose-red glaze with sculptural organic relief forms.
Artist or Maker
Jean Désiré Ringel d'Illzach
France, Illzach, 1847-1916
Manufacturer
Ceramiques Elchinger SA
France, Alsace, Soufflenheim, founded 1834
Title
Owl-Chimera
Date Made
1905
Medium
Enameled stoneware
Dimensions
26 × 13 × 15 in. (66.04 × 33.02 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Dalzell Hatfield Memorial Fund, the Hearst Foundation, the Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection, the James E. Clark Bequest, Michael Hall, the William Randolph Hearst Collection, Fabrizio Apolloni, and various other donors by exchange
Accession Number
M.2006.98.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography

  • "2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.