Hans Coper Ovoid pot with flattened and raised neck circa 1968 Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with textured and incised linear designs, the interior with manganese glaze. 41 cm (16 1/8 in) high Impressed with artist’s seal.
Provenance Jane Coper, UK Cyril Frankel, London Exhibited ‘Peter Collingwood|Hans Coper: Rugs and wall-hangings by Peter Collingwood, Pots by Hans Coper’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 29 January-2 March 1969 then travelled to Art Gallery, Southampton (12 April-4 May), City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham (29 May-22 June), City Art Gallery, Manchester (15 July-10 August) ‘Masterworks: Lucie Rie and Hans Coper’, Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, 21 April-3 June 2001 (from collection on temporary loan, 2001-2002) Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Gallery 10 and the Industrial Gallery, June 2002-June 2004 (from collection on temporary loan, June 2002-June 2004) ‘Masterpieces of Studio Pottery’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 29 January-15 May 2005 (from collection on temporary loan, 26 August 2004-31 July 2007) ‘Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Art Alive is Always Modern’, MIMA, Middlesbrough, 28 November 2008-15 February 2009 (from collection on temporary loan, 1 February 2008-21 August 2012) Literature Tony Birks, Hans Coper Yeovil, 1991, illustrated p. 75 for an archive image of Hans Coper with the pot in the Frome studio
Hans Coper Ovoid pot with flattened and raised neck circa 1968 Stoneware, layered white porcelain slips and engobes over a body with textured and incised linear designs, the interior with manganese glaze. 41 cm (16 1/8 in) high Impressed with artist’s seal.
Provenance Jane Coper, UK Cyril Frankel, London Exhibited ‘Peter Collingwood|Hans Coper: Rugs and wall-hangings by Peter Collingwood, Pots by Hans Coper’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 29 January-2 March 1969 then travelled to Art Gallery, Southampton (12 April-4 May), City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham (29 May-22 June), City Art Gallery, Manchester (15 July-10 August) ‘Masterworks: Lucie Rie and Hans Coper’, Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, 21 April-3 June 2001 (from collection on temporary loan, 2001-2002) Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Gallery 10 and the Industrial Gallery, June 2002-June 2004 (from collection on temporary loan, June 2002-June 2004) ‘Masterpieces of Studio Pottery’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 29 January-15 May 2005 (from collection on temporary loan, 26 August 2004-31 July 2007) ‘Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Art Alive is Always Modern’, MIMA, Middlesbrough, 28 November 2008-15 February 2009 (from collection on temporary loan, 1 February 2008-21 August 2012) Literature Tony Birks, Hans Coper Yeovil, 1991, illustrated p. 75 for an archive image of Hans Coper with the pot in the Frome studio
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