Hans Coper Monumental early “Thistle” form ca. 1958 Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with scrubbed radiating linear design. (18 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (46 × 39 × 15 cm.) Impressed with artist's seal.
Exhibited “Hans Coper Retrospective: Innovation in 20th-Century Ceramics,” The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, September 12–November 29, 2009, then traveled to: The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shiga (March 13–June 17,2010), Panasonic Electric Works, Shiodome Museum, Tokyo (June 26–September 5, 2010), Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (18 September 18–November 23, 2010), Iwate Museum of Art, Iwate (December 4, 2010–February 13, 2011), and Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka (April 9–June 26, 2011) Literature Tony Birks, Hans Coper Somerset, 2005, illustrated p. 106 in the studio at Albion Mews; Maya Nishi, ed., Hans Coper Retrospective: Innovation in 20th Century Ceramics, exh. cat., The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, 2009, illustrated p. 81, fig. 38 Catalogue Essay The present lot was featured prominently in a panel discussion on the Hans Coper documentary broadcast by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) in 2010. Read More
Hans Coper Monumental early “Thistle” form ca. 1958 Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with scrubbed radiating linear design. (18 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 5 7/8 in. (46 × 39 × 15 cm.) Impressed with artist's seal.
Exhibited “Hans Coper Retrospective: Innovation in 20th-Century Ceramics,” The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, September 12–November 29, 2009, then traveled to: The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shiga (March 13–June 17,2010), Panasonic Electric Works, Shiodome Museum, Tokyo (June 26–September 5, 2010), Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (18 September 18–November 23, 2010), Iwate Museum of Art, Iwate (December 4, 2010–February 13, 2011), and Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka (April 9–June 26, 2011) Literature Tony Birks, Hans Coper Somerset, 2005, illustrated p. 106 in the studio at Albion Mews; Maya Nishi, ed., Hans Coper Retrospective: Innovation in 20th Century Ceramics, exh. cat., The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, 2009, illustrated p. 81, fig. 38 Catalogue Essay The present lot was featured prominently in a panel discussion on the Hans Coper documentary broadcast by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) in 2010. Read More
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