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Karen Karnes
Vessel1994

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Ceramic vessel with wide, flattened boulder-like form and small oval opening, covered in a cobalt blue glaze that feathers into a sandy tan and dark gray unglazed lower body

Karen Karnes, Vessel, 1994, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karen Karnes
Title
Vessel
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1994
Medium
Stoneware, glaze
Dimensions
Height: 14 in. (35.6 cm); Diameter: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund
Accession Number
AC1999.48.1
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.
Copyright
© Karen Karnes

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