- Designed by
- La Gardo Tackett
United States, Kentucky, Henderson, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1911-1984 - Designed in collaboration with
- John Follis
United States, 1923 - 1994 - Title
- Planter
- Date Made
- circa 1957
- Medium
- Earthenware, walnut
- Dimensions
- 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)
- Accession Number
- M.2009.137a-b
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
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)
- Selected 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.
- Selected Exhibition History
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
- Copyright
- © La Gardo Tackett Estate. Architectural Pottery, Vessel ® USA Inc. All rights reserved.
