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Jim Leedy
From the Beginning (Plate with Whorl)1994-1995

Not on view
Ceramic plate or plaque with heavily textured, sculptural surface glazed in deep purple, midnight blue, and near-black, with pooled cobalt glaze and a raised central spiral

Jim Leedy, From the Beginning (Plate with Whorl), 1994-1995, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Harrison Jedel, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jim Leedy
Title
From the Beginning (Plate with Whorl)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1994-1995
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diameter: 29 in. (73.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Harrison Jedel
Accession Number
AC1998.159.1
Classification
Sculpture
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.
  • Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Copyright
© Jim Leedy