(ABE, HITOSHI). ABE, HITOSHI

HITOSHI ABE

Osaka, JAPAN, Yamaki Art Gallery., 1987, First Edition. Printed Wrappers, Small Square 4to, 24pp, 41 color and 1 b&w illustration. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Osaka gallery exhibition of vases, bowls, cups, and works on paper by prominent Japanese ceramicist Hitoshi Abe (not to be confused with the contemporary architect of the same name). A most handsome example of this uncommon item.. Near Fine.

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Book number: 016821

Catalogue: Ceramics Monograph

Keywords: Hitoshi Abe, Asian Art, Decorative Arts, Asian Japanese Oriental Studio Ceramics, Clay, Pottery, Ceramics and Glass, Raku Ware Glaze Glazes, - ABE, HITOSHI

(LUKENS, GLEN). LEVIN, ELAINE

GLEN LUKENS: PIONEER OF THE VESSEL AESTHETIC

Los Angeles, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles., 1982, First Edition 1/1000. Pictorial Wrappers, Small 4to, np (40pp), 16 b&w and 9 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 1982 posthumous retrospective exhibition of sixty-one vessels and plates by the influential Los Angeles-based studio ceramicist Glen Lukens. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item.. Fine.

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Book number: 025089

Catalogue: Ceramics Monograph

Keywords: Glen Lukens, Elaine Levin, Exhibition Catalog Catalogue, Artist Monograph, Decorative Art Arts, Ceramics and Glass, Los Angeles Studio Ceramics, Clay, Pottery, California Artists and Arts, - LUKENS, GLEN

(MASON, JOHN). COPLANS, JOHN

JOHN MASON: SCULPTURE - DESIGNED BY ED RUSCHA

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art., 1966, First Edition 1/1000. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers, 8vo, np (26pp), 16 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Designed by Edward Ruscha. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1966 Los Angeles County Museum of Art retrospective, this is the elegant catalogue designed by Ed Ruscha on the pioneering ceramic work of late Los Angeles-based artist John Mason. Mason showed at the legendary Ferus Gallery, and along with Otis Art Institute Ceramic Center colleague Peter Voulkos helped give birth to the West Coast Abstract Expressionist ceramics movement. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies.. Fine.

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Book number: 026759

Catalogue: Ceramics Monograph

Keywords: John Mason, John Coplans, Edward Ed Ruscha, Artist Monograph, Decorative Art Arts, Exhibition Catalog Catalogue, West Coast Abstract Expressionist Ceramics, Los Angeles Studio Ceramics, Clay, Pottery, California Artists and Arts, Otis Art Institute Cerami

(NATZLER, GERTRUD AND OTTO) (SHULMAN, JULIUS). NATZLER, OTTO. FOREWORD BY GREGOR NORMAN-WILCOX

THE CERAMIC WORK OF GERTRUD AND OTTO NATZLER

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art., 1966, First Edition 1/2500. Pictorial Wrappers, Oblong 8vo, np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tom Woodward. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the exceptionally beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1966 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by noted California studio ceramicists Otto and Gertrud Natzler that featured one hundred and seventy-five objects - including many from the Leonard Sperry collection - created between 1939 and 1966. These have been gorgeously photographed by the renowned Julius Shulman. A most handsome example of this uncommon document.. Fine.

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Book number: 024489

Catalogue: Ceramics Monograph

Keywords: Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Julius Shulman, Gregor Norman-Wilcox, Artist Monograph, California Artists and Arts, Decorative Art, Exhibition Catalog Catalogue, Photography Monographs, Los Angeles Studio Ceramics Monograph, Clay, Pottery, Leonard Rose A. Sper