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Gordon Baldwin
Round Vessel on Basecirca 1984

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Sculpture of a large ivory sphere, cracked open at the top to reveal a black interior, resting on a dark flat slab decorated with horizontal red marks

Gordon Baldwin, Round Vessel on Base, circa 1984, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gordon Baldwin
England, Lincoln, 1932-2025
Title
Round Vessel on Base
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1984
Medium
Earthenware, engobe
Dimensions
15 x 13 x 13 1/2 in. (38.1 x 33 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.14
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.
  • Gordon Baldwin: Inscape. London: Edward Hutchison; Hamburg: Kunstverein in Hamburg, 2025.
Copyright
© Gordon Baldwin