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Hans Coper
Candle Holder1969

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with wide egg-shaped form, coarse sandy surface, and dark ash-like speckled markings clustered near the top

Hans Coper, Candle Holder, 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hans Coper
Title
Candle Holder
Place Made
England
Date Made
1969
Medium
Stoneware, engobe
Dimensions
5 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (12.7 x 11.43 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.28
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.
Copyright
© Estate of Jane Coper