Charles Lakofsky Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase Ohio Modernist MCM Brown & Ivory
Vase is a great example of Charles Lakofsky's award-winning studio stoneware. Attractive example, with no damage whatsoever. This piece was wheel-thrown, and then decorated with the use of wax resist and drippy glazes in the manner of abstract expressionism. Marked with the CL monogram and a partial Art Institute of Chicago label. In 1988 there was a retrospective exhibition there, and this piece appears to have been included.
Fascinating expressive and functional work, with neutral and earth tones that will complement any color scheme. Shades primarily of dark brown and ivory are layered together here. This was something I created in collaboration with the three venues that showed this exhibition: Zanesville Museum of Art, the Cleveland Artists Foundation (today called ArtNEO), and Bowling Green State University's Art Gallery. This example was included in the traveling exhibition and illustrated in the catalog. For decades, starting about 1949, he taught art and frequently chaired the department at BGSU.
The "Charlie pots" as his colleagues and admirers affectionately knew them demonstrate his finesse as a "functional potter, " while often also embodying technical challenges overcome or sculptural elements that enlarge their appeal and success. Lakofsky won awards throughout his career, and his ceramics are found in numerous public and private collections. I'm Mark Bassett, author and collector. I frequently recommend the group Pottery Collector on Facebook. Great place for beginners and advanced collectors to mingle and learn more about art pottery and studio pottery of all sorts.
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- Handmade: Yes
- Production Technique: Pottery
- Country/Region of Manufacture: America
- Style: Mid-Century Modern
- Item Height: 6.5\
- Item Width: 7.75\
- Additional Parts Required: No
- Material: Stoneware
- Theme: Abstract
- Pattern: Abstract
- Type: Vase
- Antique: Yes
- Color: Brown
- Vintage: Yes
- Subject: Abstract Art
- Signed: Yes
- Signed By: Charles Lakofsky
- Origin: Ohio
- Brand: Handmade
- Production Style: Art Pottery
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
- Era: Mid 20th Century (1941-1969)
- Manufacturer: Charles Lakofsky
- Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original