- Artist or Maker
- Glen Lukens
United States, active California, Los Angeles, 1887-1967 - Title
- Bowl
- Date Made
- circa 1940
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm)
Height: 22 3/4 in. (57.79 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2009.167
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
The vivid ribbons of crackled glaze on this bowl contrast with unglazed surfaces, conjuring images of the Mojave Desert, where Glen Lukens sourced his materials. An influential advocate of craft in the region, he organized exhibitions that brought innovative work to Los Angeles museums and galleries. Lukens was the longtime head of the pioneering ceramics department at the University of Southern California, where he guided many important craftspeople through their first explorations in clay, jewelry, and metalwork.
(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.
- Longhauser, Elsa and Lisa Melandri, eds. Beatrice Wood: Career Woman: Drawings, Paintings, Vessels, and Objects. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2011.
- 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
