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Hans Coper
Spade-Shaped Vasecirca 1969

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Earth and Water
Ceramic sculpture with a wheel-thrown cylindrical form supporting a wide, nearly square slab, pale buff clay with dark fire marks at the junction

Hans Coper, Spade-Shaped Vase, circa 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hans Coper
Germany, active England, 1920-1981
Title
Spade-Shaped Vase
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1969
Medium
Stoneware, engobe
Dimensions
11 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (29.21 × 20.96 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.27
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.
Copyright
© Estate of Jane Coper