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Lidya Buzio
Untitled1984

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with teardrop-shaped body and jagged, irregular rim, decorated with a mosaic of rust, slate, and gray tiles forming angular geometric zones suggestive of a mountain or cityscape
Ceramic vessel with a rounded base tapering to an irregular, jagged opening. The surface is painted with a detailed cityscape of angular buildings in terracotta, ochre, and gray, rendered with a mosaic-like brushwork technique that wraps continuously around the form.
Artist or Maker
Lidya Buzio
Uruguay, Montevideo, active United States, New York, New York City, born 1948-2014
Title
Untitled
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1984
Medium
Earthenware, glaze
Dimensions
Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); Diameter: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.21
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire - Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • 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.