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Harrison McIntosh, Stoneware Vase No. 661, 1966, wheel thrown stoneware with clear matte glaze and blue and black engobe brush decoration, 15 1⁄4 x 13 in. (38.7 x 33.0 cm.) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Catherine McIntosh, 1983.89
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Stoneware Vase No. 661
- Artist
- Date
- 1966
- Location
- Dimensions
- 15 1⁄4 x 13 in. (38.7 x 33.0 cm.) diam.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Catherine McIntosh
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- wheel thrown stoneware with clear matte glaze and blue and black engobe brush decoration
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Object — other — vase
- Object Number
- 1983.89
Artwork Description
First inspired by a pottery demonstration at the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco, Harrison McIntosh studied ceramics on the GI Bill after World War II. By the 1950s McIntosh had gained a national reputation for his modernist geometric designs and won numerous awards at the California State Fair.
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