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Robert Turner
'de Chelly' (Vase)1983

Not on view
Unglazed terra-cotta ceramic vessel with wide rounded base, abrupt shoulder, and tall narrow neck, matte dusty rose surface with visible crack at shoulder

Robert Turner, 'de Chelly' (Vase), 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Robert Turner
Title
'de Chelly' (Vase)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1983
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diameter: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.173
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.
  • Jones, Meghen. "Kitaōji Rosanjin in New York, 1954." Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 43, pt.1 (2022): 62-73.
Copyright
© Robert Turner