Jul 14, 2024Clark's Auction CompanyCynthia Madrid (American, 20th-21st C.) California Folk Art Clay Figures$60
Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetryNEW YORK – A handful of artists have taken the material of clay to new heights. One of the most celebrated is Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), whose ceramics are prized for their artistic skill and complex execution as well as their poetic surfaces. Born in Hawaii, she worked in several mediums during her five-decade career, from […]
Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeastsJERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels — some over 5,000 years old.
Wilhelm Kåge, Scandinavian ceramics masterNEW YORK — The ceramics market has been strong of late, and in particular, Scandinavian ceramics have performed markedly well. Yet many pieces, including those by Wilhelm Kåge, can still be had for reasonable sums. Kåge (1889-1960) first had a career in advertising and poster design in his native Sweden , which led to his […]
Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlightsMark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator. A century before Audubon, he published the seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of […]