THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CERAMICS: FROM PIPKINS AND BEAN POTS TO CONTEMPORARY FORMS -- 1607 TO THE PRESENT
Elaine Levin

[Cermaics] Elaine Levin: THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CERAMICS: FROM PIPKINS AND BEAN POTS TO CONTEMPORARY FORMS -- 1607 TO THE PRESENT. NYC:Abrams, 1988. First edition. A near-fine hardcover book in a near- fine dust jacket. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.

9.25 x 11.75 hardcover book with 352 pages 352 illustrations, including 102 color plates. First comprehensive history of ceramics in America is a luscious treat for the eye. Brilliant illustrations bring to life the fine craftsmanship, delicate textures and sub tle hues of hundreds of exquisite examples of ceramic art. Levin's knowledgeable text traces the development of the art from the practical pots of 1607 Jamestown, to the more aesthetic attempts at the art. An excellent reference volume.

From the book: "Here for the collector, the scholar, and the practicing ceramist, as well as anyone who appreciates fine craftsmanship, is the first complete historical survey of American ceramics. Beginning with the red earthenware made by the poters of Jamestown in 1607 and continuing through the objects made by contemporary ceramic artists today, this judicious, carefulyl researched, and lavishly illustrated volume canvasses the major developments and practitioners of the art."

Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • From Folk Pottery to Industry 1600-1876
  • A Handcraft Foundation for Clay
  • The Industrialization of Clay
  • The Art Pottery Movement 1876-1918
  • The Arts and Crafts Movement
  • The Early Art Potteries
  • Art Nouveau: Form and Decoration Unified
  • The Consequences of the Art Pottery Movement
  • Art Deco: The Dominance of Sculpture 1918-1942
  • American Decorative Arts
  • Depression Sculpture
  • The Vessel Revival 1930-1955
  • Three Directions for the Vessel
  • Defining a Vessel Aesthetic
  • Abstract Expressionism: Its Effects and Ramifications 1955-1965
  • Postwar Artistic Ferment
  • Transformations in Form and Surface
  • Clay for an Age of Contradiction 1965-1975
  • Realism and the Common Object
  • The Resilient Vessel
  • Abstract and Architectonic Imagery
  • Post-Modernism 1975-1987
  • Figurative Imagery and the Human Condition
  • Permissive Pluralism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photographic Credits

Designers, artists and manufacturers displayed or discussed in this huge out-of-print volume include: LAURA ANDRESON, ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION, ROBERT ARNESON, ALFRED UNIVERSITY, ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO, AREQUIPA POTTERY, ARCO STUDIO, EUGENE ATWOOD, RUDY AUTIO, ARTHUR EUGENE BAGGS, F. CARLTON BALL, ERNEST BATCHELDER, BENNINGTON POTTERIES, CHARLES FERGUS BINNS, BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE, PAUL BOGATAY, PAUL BONIFAS, ALEXANDER BLAZYS, BENIAMINO BUFANO, JACQUES BUSBEE, CATALINA POTTERY, CHELSEA KERAMIC ART WORKS, CLIFTON ART POTTERY, CHARLES COUNTS, R. GUY COWAN, KRIS COX, PAUL COX, CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART, VAL CUSHING, DORA DE LARIOS, DEDHAM POTTERY, STEPHEN DESTAEBLER, RICHARD DEVORE, RICK DILLINGHAM, RUTH DUCKWORTH, EDRIS ECKHARDT, JACK EARL, EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART, FEDERAL ARTS PROJECT, KEN FERGUSON, THELMA FRAZIER, VIOLA FREY, MICHAEL FRIMKESS, LAURA FRY, FULPER POTTERY, VERN FUNK, WILLIAM GATES, DAVID GILHOOLY, JOHN GLICK, WAYLANDE GREGORY, GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY, MAIJA GROTELL, GRUEBY FAIENCE POTTERY, THOMAS HAILE, HALCYON POTTERY, CHARLES HARDER, EDITH HEATH, HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, VIVIKA AND OTTO HEINO, EDWARD HURLEY, HUI KA KWONG, INWOOD POTTERIES, SADIE IRVINE, JUGTOWN POTTERY, JUN KANEKO, KAREN KARNES, ALBERT KING, HOWARD KOTTLER, BERNARD LEACH, LUCY LEWIS, EDGAR LITTLEFIELD, HARVEY LITTLETON, LOTUS AND ACANTHUS STUDIOS, LOW ART TILE WORKS, GLEN LUKENS, HARRISON MCINTOSH, WARREN AND ALEX MACKENZIE, JAMES AND NAN MCKINNELL, MARY LOUISE MCLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM MANKER, PAUL MANSHIP, MARBLEHEAD POTTERY, GRAHAM MARKS, MARIA MARTINEZ, KARL MARTZ, JOHN MASON, MEADERS FAMILY, JIM MELCHERT, HENRY CHAPMAN MERCER, JOSEPH MEYER, DAVID MIDDLEBROOK, CARL MILLES, MILLS COLLEGE, MORAVIAN POTTERY, KARL MULLER, WILLIAM STAITE MURRAY, ELIE NADELMAN, RON NAGLE, REUBEN NAKIAN, GERTRUD AND OTTO NATZLER, NEWCOMB POTTERY, MARIA LONGWORTH NICHOLS, ISAMU NOGUCHI, JEFF OESTREICH, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, GEORGE OHR, OVERBECK SISTERS, J. B. OWENS, PAUL REVERE POTTERY, PAULINE POTTERY, MARY CHASE PERRY, PEWABIC POTTERY, POND FARM POTTERY, HENRY VARNUM POOR, KENNETH (KEN) PRICE, ANTONIO PRIETO, ELSA RADY, TED (THEODORE) RANDALL, DON REITZ, FREDERICK H. RHEAD, HAL RIEGGER, TOM RIPPON, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, HUGH C. ROBERTSON, ADELAIDE ALSOP ROBINEAU, ROBLIN ART POTTERY, ROOKWOOD POTTERY, ROSEVILLE POTTERY, JERRY ROTHMAN, HERBERT SANDERS, EDWIN AND MARY SCHEIER, VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST, SCRIPPS COLLEGE, FRANCES SENSKA, KATARO SHIRAYAMADANI, JACQUES SICARD, SUSI SINGER, PAUL SOLDNER, ROBERT SPERRY, RUDOLF STAFFEL, TOSHIKO TAKAEZU, AKIO TAKAMORI, HENRY TAKEMOTO, CHARLES TEAGUE, TECO POTTERY, BYRON TEMPLE, BROTHER THOMAS, LOUIS C. TIFFANY, FAVRILE POTTERY, ROBERT TURNER, ALBERT AND ANNA MARIE VALENTIEN, ARTUS VAN BRIGGLE, PETER VOULKOS, FREDERICK WALRATH, CARL WALTERS, DAVID WINRIB, WELLER POTTERY, THOMAS WHEATLEY, VALLY WIESELTHIER, FRANS WILDENHAIN, MARGUERITE WILDENHAIN, GERRY WILLIAMS, BEATRICE (BEATO) WOOD, BETTY WOODMAN, WILLIAM WYMAN, ARNOLD ZIMMERMAN and more.

Like I said: this is a very comprehensive volume.

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