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Ralph Bacerra
Teapot1985

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Ceramic teapot with angular geometric form on a trapezoidal pedestal base, decorated with patchwork panels of stripes, houndstooth, crackle glaze, and mottled stone-like textures in navy, marigold, and gray

Ralph Bacerra, Teapot, 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ralph Bacerra
Title
Teapot
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1985
Medium
Porcelain, paint, lusters, enamels
Dimensions
18 x 9 x 7 1/2 in. (45.72 x 22.86 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.13a-c
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
© Estate of Ralph Bacerra

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