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Gifts from the fire : American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg
Title:
Gifts from the fire : American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg

American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg

From the collection of Martin Eidelberg
Author:
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney, author.
ISBN:
9781588397324
Publication Information:
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2021.
Physical Description:
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
General Note:
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics from the Collection of Martin Eidelberg, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 21, 2021, through October 16, 2022."--Colophon.
Contents:
A scholar's collection : a conversation between Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Ceramics at the dawn on a new century -- Art pottery between the wars -- Modern American dinnerware.
Abstract:
"From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends -- from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkst̃tte to abstracted, minimalist styles -- are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period's decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity."--Book jacket.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index
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