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Ed Rossbach
Lettuce Basket1982

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with jagged, rock-like walls glazed in deep red and emerald green, with a smooth jade-green interior, viewed slightly from above
Abstract sculpture with crumpled, irregular form in layered teal green and red, with visible newsprint texture along the base suggesting papier-mâché construction; a concave hollow opens at the top center.
Ceramic vessel with irregular, boulder-like exterior forms clustered around an open interior, glazed in layered deep green and terracotta red with a textured, faceted surface.
Artist or Maker
Ed Rossbach
United States, Illinois, Chicago, active California, Berkeley, 1914-2002
Title
Lettuce Basket
Date Made
1982
Medium
Rice paper, newspaper, lacquer
Dimensions
5 3/4 × 8 × 7 in. (14.61 × 20.32 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Milton and Martha Dalitzky
Accession Number
M.2021.163.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Cooke, Lynne, editor. Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2023.