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Rudolf Staffel
Bowl1951

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Ceramic bowl with dark charcoal-brown exterior glaze and pale powder-blue interior covered in a fine network of crazing lines, wide rounded form with a subtle stepped rim

Rudolf Staffel, Bowl, 1951, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rudolf Staffel
Title
Bowl
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1951
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
5 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 24.1 x 21.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.161
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
© Estate of Rudolf Staffel

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