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Karen Karnes
Vessel1987

Not on view
Stoneware ceramic vessel with cylindrical form, arch handle, and speckled glaze graduating from sage green to reddish-brown, with incised parallel lines and a narrow vertical slit in the lower body
Artist or Maker
Karen Karnes
Title
Vessel
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1987
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
Overall height: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm); Diameter: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits
Accession Number
AC1995.194.1.1-.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire - Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • 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.
  • Stewart, Mary. Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.