LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Michael Cardew
Large Plate1970

Not on view
Stoneware plate viewed from above, amber-tan glaze with a bold dark brown serpentine brushstroke motif in the center well and a radial stamped pattern on the lavender-gray rim

Michael Cardew, Large Plate, 1970, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Michael Cardew
England, 1901-1983
Title
Large Plate
Place Made
England
Date Made
1970
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diameter: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.22
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.