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Jerry Rothman
Sky Pot1961

Not on view
Hand-built ceramic vessel with an ovoid body, circular foot, and a large recessed front panel decorated with swirling cloud-like forms in rust-orange, slate gray, mauve, and charcoal black against a matte gray outer surface

Jerry Rothman, Sky Pot, 1961, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jerry Rothman
Title
Sky Pot
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1961
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
20 x 13 x 6 in. (50.8 x 33 x 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.142
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.
  • Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Copyright
© Jerry Rothman