American Arts Crafts Art Pottery Midwest Makers - UND TECO Clewell Etc. / Book

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92 black-and-white photographs and 12 full-page color plates illustrate approximately 200 examples of American art pottery designed in the Midwest including such makers as Wheatley, Clewell, Rhead, Sicard, UND, Teco, and many more.
ART POTTERY OF THE MIDWEST
by Marion John Nelson, University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1988.
A typical museum text, the photography is superb and the narrative is rich.  This rare book covers many of the American arts and crafts firms in the Midwest including many of the lessor known firms.  The book covers by chapter:
Art Pottery of the Midwest
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The Persistence of the Image – Ohio
:  Indigenous Naturalism and Blended Grounds; Adopted Matt Greens (Wheatley Pottery Company, Other Potteries, Why Matt Green?); Iridescent, Metalic and Crystalline Effects (Jacques Sicard, John Lessell, The Look of Metal, Charles Walter Clewell, Crystalline Effects); Plain Glazed Ware in Image Country; The Object as Image; Rediscovering the Line – Slip Trail Work (Henry Schmidt and Turada, Jervis and Cusick at Avon, Frederick H. Rhead); The Impact of Rhead; Modernity from Another Source – The American Indian; Conclusion.
Shapes and Glazes: Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana
: Michigan – Pewabic; Illinois (Teco, Norweta and Chicago Crucible, Haeger and Monmouth, Cliftwood); Missouri (Zark and Ouachita, University City); Indiana (Amaco, Muncie, Brown County, Overbeck); Conclusion.
The Image Reaffirmed: Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota
:  Beginnings in Wisconsin and Minnesota (Susan Frackelton, Pauline, Norse, Pauline and Norse, Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis); Iowa (Shawsheen, Iowa State University); North Dakota (University of North Dakota, Dickota, Rosemead); South Dakota (Pine Ridge Sioux Indian, Rushmore); A Wisconsin and Minnesota Finale (Ceramic Art Studio, Red Wing); Conclusion.
Checklist of the Exhibition
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Literature
; and
Index to the Potteries
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”Art pottery arose as part of two late nineteenth-century movements in western culture manifested first and foremost in England: the Aesthetic Movement, an attempt to counteract the materialism of the time with a new emphasis on art, and the related Arts and Crafts Movement, an attempt to reintroduce handcraftsmanship and individual creativity into the production of objects for the home.”  This book reflects the design and invention of art pottery and provides information on many of the lessor know Midwest firms who made considerable contributions to these movements.  This rare book belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of American art pottery.
10” x 8” softback in very good condition.  112 pages.
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