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Felix Tissot
Bowl from the 'Desert Gem Stone Ceramics' Linemade between 1952 and 1956

Not on view
Wheel-thrown ceramic bowl with wide, shallow form and speckled periwinkle blue glaze with flecks of olive, rust, and charcoal
Two ceramic pieces: a tall barrel-shaped vase with mottled teal glaze and incised bird motif amid horizontal bands, alongside a wide shallow bowl with speckled lavender and grey glaze.
Artist or Maker
Felix Tissot
France, active United States, California, Palmdale and Mexico, Taxco, 1909-1989
Title
Bowl from the 'Desert Gem Stone Ceramics' Line
Date Made
made between 1952 and 1956
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Height: 4 in. (10.16 cm) Diameter: 12 1/2 in. (31.75 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2016.137
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.