Ruth Rippon Pottery Vase Sacramento California Studio Vintage Modernist Shape

Ruth Rippon Pottery Vase Sacramento California Studio Vintage Modernist Shape Description and Item Information Up for sale is this vintage studio art pottery vase by the well-known Sacramento, California artist Ruth Rippon. Please excuse the glare in the photos. This piece is approximately 4 3/8 inches tall, with a diameter of about 5 1/8 inches.

Unpacked, it weighs 1 pound 7.8 ounces. This pot has an interesting, modernist form, which is covered with contrasting light and dark glossy glazes. This would be a fine addition to a collection of studio ceramics.

Identification This piece is incised beneath, as shown, with a conjoined RR mark; the first R is backwards. Per the Vasefinder Museum, this mark was confirmed through written correspondence with the artist. The following biographical information is also from Vasefinder.

Rippon studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts with Antonio Prieto; later, she was his assistant at Mills College. Rippon founded the ceramics program at CSU Sacramento after accepting a teaching position there in 1956.

She exhibited at the Nationals in 1951, 1954 through 1960, and in 1964. Condition This vase looks great overall, with no chips or cracks. As made, there is a small (about 1/8 inch across) rough bit of extra, unglazed clay on the exterior lip; if you need a photo of this, please ask.

Payments must be received within three days of the end of the listing, unless prior arrangements have been made. And international government regulations prohibit such behavior. Other Information Individual computers may display colors differently.

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