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Richard Shaw
With an Ocean View1979

Not on view
Carved and painted wood sculpture stacking two books, a striped cylinder with red diamond motifs, and a spread-winged bird, all painted in white, gray, and salmon tones

Richard Shaw, With an Ocean View, 1979, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Richard Shaw
Title
With an Ocean View
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1979
Medium
Porcelain, glaze, overglaze decals
Dimensions
29 x 19 x 19 in. (73.7 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm)
Credit Line
Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund
Accession Number
M.91.170
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Copyright
© Richard Shaw