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Beatrice WoodWW-1947-533881
1947·Luster-glazed earthenware·6 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 5 3/8 in., 4.2 lb. (17.1 × 45.1 × 13.7 cm, 1.9 kg)

Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1947

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Year
1947
Dimensions
6 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 5 3/8 in., 4.2 lb. (17.1 × 45.1 × 13.7 cm, 1.9 kg)

Artist

Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood

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Beatrice Wood was an American ceramicist, painter, and performer whose lusterware vessels combined medieval Islamic glazing techniques with modernist abstraction. Working from her studio in Ojai, California, she developed a distinctive approach to lustered earthenware that bridged craft tradition and fine art. Her prolific output across ceramics, painting, and experimental theater spanned nearly a century, establishing her as a defining figure in twentieth-century studio ceramics. Wood's iridescent vessels and painted forms rejected the boundary between functional object and autonomous artwork.

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Year
1947
Dimensions
6 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 5 3/8 in., 4.2 lb. (17.1 × 45.1 × 13.7 cm, 1.9 kg)
Watts ID
WW-1947-533881

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met
Status
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Artist

Beatrice Wood

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