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Beatrice Wood
Bowlcirca 1950

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Earth and Water
Ceramic tea bowl with wide cylindrical body on a narrow foot ring, glazed in salmon pink and terra cotta with mottled olive-green patches and subtle horizontal throwing lines
Artist or Maker
Beatrice Wood
United States, active United States, California, Los Angeles and Ojai, 1893-1998
Title
Bowl
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1950
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm); Diameter: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
M.87.1.179
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
  • Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014