Object Details
Artist
Laura Andreson, born San Bernardino, CA 1902-died Los Angeles, CA 1999
Exhibition Label
This relatively simple form shows off the mustard-yellow glaze, made brilliant by uranium (a radioactive element no longer used in ceramics). Laura Andreson boldly experimented with glaze formulas in the 1930s, when there was scant documentation on the chemistry. She founded the ceramics department at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1933 and taught thousands of students until her retirement in 1970. The surface of this bowl suggests the crackled texture of the California desert.
This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Forrest L. Merrill
Date
1939
Object number
2021.98.2
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
(not assigned)
Crafts
Medium
earthenware with uranium glaze
Dimensions
4 x 11 7/8 in.
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Department
Renwick Gallery
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Object\other\dish
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2021.98.2