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Louis Marak
Aesthetic Craze1978

Not on view
Tall ceramic vessel with hexagonal base and six outward-curling rim lobes, decorated with leopard-print glaze, painted butterflies, vertical ridges, and olive-green ribbon motifs

Louis Marak, Aesthetic Craze, 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Louis Marak
Title
Aesthetic Craze
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1978
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
17 x 7 x 7 in. (43.18 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.188
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.