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Beatrice Wood
Suspicious Wife Plate1952

Not on view
Circular ceramic plate viewed from above, glazed with a stylized female figure in peachy tones against a patchwork background of brick red, periwinkle blue, and mauve rectangular blocks

Beatrice Wood, Suspicious Wife Plate, 1952, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Beatrice Wood
Title
Suspicious Wife Plate
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1952
Medium
Earthenware, glaze
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diameter: 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.181
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
© Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts/Happy Valley Foundation