128 pages : 24 cm
"Garth Clark's friendship with Beatrice Wood began in 1978, when he interviewed her for his book A Century of Ceramics in the United States: 1878-1978. It was a turning point for both. Wood, a ceramic artist and famously free spirit of the Dada era, was 85 years old. Although she was still producing pottery, her sales were slow and she despaired over her financial future. Clark, a much admired art historian and author, became her patron and close friend
Three years later, when the Garth Clark Gallery opened in Los Angeles, its premiere exhibition was Beatrice Wood: A Very Private View. The show - a financial and commercial success - was the first of dozens of Beatrice Wood exhibitions hosted by Clark over the next seventeen years, until her passing in 1998 at 105 years of age."
"Now, three years after her death, Clark has produced an illustrated memoir of his cherished friend. Gilded Vessel presents Wood's incomparable ceramic forms in photographs of exceptional beauty and clarity; it is the first book to feature this work extensively in large-format color reproductions. Biographical photographs document her friendships with fellow artists ranging from Marcel Duchamp to Anais Nin to Lily Tomlin
These images are perfectly complemented by Clark's wry and affectionate narrative."--BOOK JACKET

Glided vessel : the lustrous life and art of Beatrice Wood

Gilded Vessel: The Lustrous Life and Art of Beatrice Wood

Clark, Garth, 1947-

Madison, Wis.: GUILD Publishing ; Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light [distributor]

North Light ; David & Charles

GUILD, LLC

GUILD.com

United States, United States of America

Cincinnati, Ohio, Newton Abbot, 2001

First, First Edition, PS, 2001

October 2001

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Beatrice Wood turned to ceramics late in life at age 40, but still managed to work behind a potter's wheel for nearly 65 years. Influenced by the Dada movement, her lusterware pottery, with its rich and decadent palette of shimmering gold and silver, vindian greens, incandescent pinks, and intense purples, has captivated generations of collectors. Gilded Vessel is not so much a biography as a celebration of the life and ceramic artistry of Beatrice Wood. Glorious color pictures reveal the iridescent beauty of her pottery, while black-and-white photographs document the life, loves and luster, of a woman New York Times Magazine hailed as one of the great lives of the 20th century.

This title is a celebration of the life and ceramic artistry of Beatrice Wood who spent nearly 45 years of her life behind a potter's wheel, dying at the age of 105 in 1998. Colour pictures reveal the iridescent beauty of her pottery, while black and white photographs document her life and loves.

Presents Wood's incomparable ceramic forms in photographs of exceptional beauty and clarity, featuring large-format color reproductions

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