- Artist or Maker
- Barbara Willis
United States, California, Bakersfield, active United States, California, Los Angeles,1917-2011 - Title
- Pillow Vases
- Date Made
- circa 1945
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Dimensions
- .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)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.91.8.1-.3
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
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)
- Selected Bibliography
- 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". 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". 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". 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". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
