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
- 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.
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Object\other\dish
- Record ID
- saam_2021.98.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b5d45688-2d07-487e-847e-7c25e7268e59
