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Christina Bertoni
Black Yolk1981

Not on view
Ceramic bowl with rough charcoal-black exterior and vivid red interior glaze, decorated with a black-lined oval motif at center

Christina Bertoni, Black Yolk, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Christina Bertoni
Title
Black Yolk
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1981
Medium
White earthenware, engobe, India ink
Dimensions
Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm); Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.18
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Drexler Lynn, Martha. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and their Work: a catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990.