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COLLECTOR: Object/Environment COLLECTOR: Object/Environment COLLECTOR: Object/Environment The Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craftsmen's Council — June 4 through September 12, 1965 COVER: CERAMIC PLATE - HENRY TAKEMOTO COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BURGESS This exhibition has been assembled to illustrate the important recent growth of collecting contemporary art in the United States and to show, through photo murals, the successful use of these works in the homes of several major American collectors. Twenty-one collections are represented from a wide range of geographical locations — from California, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, Arkansas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York. Each shows a diversity of taste and imagination, yet, common to all is the interaction between the collector and the object. Each collector acquires the object for its beauty and uniqueness as a work of art, for the pleasure of the aesthetic experience, and simultane- ously to enrich the home environment. The increasingly active role of the collector in contemporary American art has provided a more favorable climate than ever before for the artist in which to live and work. It is often the encouragement and support pro- vided by the collector that enables the artist to explore more fully the possibilities of his medium. We would like to express our appreciation to the collectors who have so graciously lent us their pieces and allowed us to photograph their homes. Paul J. Smith Director 3 A:4r ') •-411114romr RESIDENCE - STERLING HOLLOWAY CERAMIC DOORS - JOHN MASON COLLECTION MR. STERLING HOLLOWAY SCULPTURE - JOSE DE RIVERA COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. WARREN BRANDT CERAMIC BOWL - PETER VOULKOS COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. FREDERICK WEISMAN GLASS -HARVEY LITTLETON COLLECTION MR. JOSEPH HEIL WOOD SCULPTURE - G. LOPEZ 8 COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER GIRARD . _ ;; ;; ;; s; i; Si 11 u I: WOVEN FORM - CLAIRE ZEISLER COLLECTION DR. AND MRS. SAMUEL FRAERMAN CERAMIC PLATE - WILLIAM SAX CERAMIC CUP AND SAUCER - FRANS WILDENHAIN 11 COLLECTION DR. AND MRS. MICHAEL WATSON ; m 11, ;11:WIRV4,474M '7, ' ' CERAMIC BOWL - GERTRUD AND OTTO NATZLER COLLECTION MR. EDWARD WORMLEY TAPESTRY - MARK ADAMS COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. NATHANIEL OWINGS 13 CERAMIC VASE - MICHAEL FRIMKESS 14 COLLECTION MRS. JOSEPHINE BLUMENFELD WALL HANGING - HENRY EASTERWOOD COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER CERAMIC BOX - ROY CARTWRIGHT COLLECTION MISS TOSHIKO TAKAEZU MOSAIC MURAL - GLEN MICHAELS 16 COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. BURKE DOWLING ADAMS ~t-~~ ~, --.v.~~~ y '. ~. ,; e~+, id~li CERAMIC SCULPTURE - WIN NG COLLECTION ANONYMOUS WOOD SCULPTURE - THOMAS SIMPSON 19 COLLECTION MR. JOSEPH HARDY CERAMIC BELLS - PAOLO SOLERI COLLECTION MRS. CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CERAMIC BENCH - LOUIS MENDEZ COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM DAVIS - , • 1•44` • • • 00' 11%1 CZr ..41041‘,401" 4.10440e4 ? CERAMIC WATER BOTTLE - HARRIET GOODWIN COHEN CERAMIC COFFEE POT - MICHAEL COHEN CERAMIC BOWL - WILLIAM WYMAN CERAMIC CASSEROLE - HARRIET GOODWIN COHEN COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. THOMAS LUCAS 22 I STEEL SCULPTURE - HARRY BERTOIA COLLECTION MR. AND MRS. ROY NEUBERGER 23 CATALOG MR. AND MRS. BURKE DOWLING ADAMS, Atlanta, Georgia 1. Joseph Almyda — Batik, 44" x 25" 2. Freda Koblick — Panel, plastic, sample 3. Glen Michaels — Mural, mosaic, 54" x 112" (photograph) ANONYMOUS, San Francisco, California 4. Win Ng — Sculpture, ceramic, 21" x 6" MR. AND MRS. EDWARD BASSETT, Mill Valley, California 5. Mark Adams — Tapestry, 48" x 63" MRS. JOSEPHINE BLUMENFELD, New York, New York 6. Viola Frey — Bowl, ceramic, 4" x 14" 7. Viola Frey — Vase, ceramic, 14" x 10" 8. Michael Frimkess — Vase, ceramic, 11" x 14" 9. Kurt Furnheim — Sculptures, ceramic, group of three 10. Hui Ka Kwong — Ceramic, 19" x 9" 11. Jeff Schlanger — Vase, ceramic, 24" x 8" 12. Jeff Schlanger — Vase, ceramic, 9" x 9" 13. Jeff Schlanger — Sculpture, ceramic, 37" x 22" 14. Jeff Schlanger — Sculpture, ceramic, 55" x 18" 15. William Underhill — Bowl, cast bronze, 15" x 15" 16. Wiliam Underhill — Bowl, cast bronze, 12" x 12" 17. Peter Voulkos — Vase, ceramic, 21" x 13" MR. AND MRS. WARREN BRANDT, New York, New York 18. Gertrud and Otto Natzler — Bowl, 4" x 11" 19. Jose de Rivera — Sculpture, 12" x 24" 20. Jose de Rivera — Sculpture, 9" x 14" 21. Nicholas Vergette — Vase, ceramic, 10" x 10" 22. Nicholas Vergette — Vase, ceramic, 10" x 9" 23. Nicholas Vergette — Bowl, ceramic, 7" x 14" MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. BURGESS, Pasadena, California 24. James Lovera — Vase, ceramic, 12" x 11" 25. Jerry Rothman — Vase, ceramic, 24" x 30" 26. Henry Takemoto — Vase, ceramic, 8" x 40" 27. Henry Takemoto — Plate, ceramic, 4" x 20" 28. Henry Takemoto — Vase, ceramic (photograph) 29. Loet Van Der Veen — Planter, ceramic (photograph) MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM DAVIS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 30. Louis Mendez — Bench, ceramic 24 DR. AND MRS. SAMUEL FRAERMAN, Highland Park, Illinois 31. Claire Zeisler — Hanging, woven, 96" x 6" MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER GIRARD, Santa Fe, New Mexico 32. G. Lopez — Sculpture, Wood, 331/2" x 12" 33. American Indian — Figure, carved, 9 1/2" x 4" 34. San Juan Pueblo Indian — Figure, carved, 15" x 7 " 35. Cochiti Indian — Owl, clay, 7" x 5" 36. Zuni Indian — Owl, clay, 8 1/2" x 71/2" Photograph courtesy House and Garden Magazine MR. JOSEPH HARDY, New York, New York 37. Thomas Simpson — Sculpture, wood MR. JOSEPH HEIL, New York, New York 38. Harvey Littleton — Form, glass, 43/4" x 5 1/2" 39. Harvey Littleton — Form, glass, 3 1/2" x 71/2" 40. Paul Soldner — Bowl, ceramic, 4 1/4" x 43/4" 41. Paul Soldner — Vase, ceramic, 3" x 4 1/3" 42. Lenore Tawney — Hanging, woven, 58" x 7" 43. Lenore Tawney — Hanging, woven, 26" x 14" MR. STERLING HOLLOWAY, Laguna Beach, California 44. John Mason — Sclupture, ceramic, 84" x 48" (photograph) MR. AND MRS. THOMAS LUCAS, Cohasset, Massachusetts 45. Harriet Goodwin Cohen — Water bottle, ceramic, 19" x 6" 46. Harriet Goodwin Cohen — Casserole, ceramic, 8" x 12 1/2" 47. Harriet Goodwin Cohen — Canisters, ceramic, set of three 48. Michael Cohen — Coffee pot, ceramic, 12" x 5" 49. Michael Cohen — Collander, ceramic, 6" x 10" 50. William Wyman — Vase, ceramic, 23" x 6" 51. William Wyman — Bowl, ceramic, 4" x 4" MRS. CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, Phoenix, Arizona 52. Paolo Soleri — Bells, ceramic, group of four, 7" x 7", 7" x 7", 8" x 8", 11" x 10" MR. AND MRS. ROY NEUBERGER, New York, New York 53. Harry Bertoia — Sculpture, brazed steel, 45" x 68" 25 MR. AND MRS. NATHANIEL OWINGS, Big Sur, California 54. Mark Adams - Tapestry, "Sea Lion," 54" x 35" 55. Seymour Lipton - Carving, wood (photograph) 56. Seymour Lipton - Sculpture (photograph) 57. Loet Van Der Veen - Forms, group of ceramics (photograph) MR. AND MRS. WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER, Morrilton, Arkansas 58. Cynthia Bringle - Canister, stoneware, 91/4" x 7" 59. Cynthia Bringle - Pot, porcelain, crystalline glaze, 6" x 5'/2" 60. Henry Easterwood - Wall hanging, woven, 37" x 44 1/2" 61. Richard M. Lincoln - Casserole, stoneware, 7" x 12" MISS TOSHIKO TAKAEZU, Clinton, New Jersey 62. Mary Balzer Buskirk - Hanging, woven, 31" x 31" 63. Roy Cartwright - Box, ceramic, 3 1/2" x 10" 64. Earl Krentzin - Figure, cast silver, 3" x 1" 65. Earl Krentzin - Figure, cast silver, 2" x 1" 66. Liza Mc Vey - Sculpture, ceramic, 6" x 4" DR. AND MRS. MICHAEL WATSON, Rochester, New York 67. Wharton Esherick - Bowl, carved apple wood, 21/2" x 20" 68. William Sax - Dinner plate, ceramic, 1" x 10" 69. Frans Wildenhain - Cup and saucer, ceramic, 2" x 3", 1" x 5" 70. Frans Wildenhain - Covered jar, ceramic, 10 1/2" x 7" 71. Frans Wildenhain - Plate, ceramic, 1" x 15" 72. Frans Wildenhain - Panel, ceramic, 42" x 19" MR. AND MRS. FREDERICK WEISMAN, Beverly Hills, California 73. George Rickey - Sculpture, metal (photograph) 74. John Mason - Sculpture, creamic (photograph) 75. Peter Voulkos - Sculpture, creamic (photograph) 76. Peter Voulkos - Plate, ceramic, 6" x 23" MR. EDWARD WORMLEY, New York, New York 77. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, ceramic, 21/2" x 7" 78. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Plate, ceramic, 3" x 11 1/4" 79. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, ceramic, 5 1/2" x 8" 80. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, ceramic, 3" x 4 1/2" 81. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bottle, ceramic, 5" x 4" 82. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, ceramic, 3 1/4" x 7" 83. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, ceramic, 3" x 4'/2" 84. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bottle, ceramic, 5" x 41/2" 85. Gertrud and Otto Natzler - Bowl, crater glaze, 31/2" x 5" 26 CATALOG DESIGN: STUDENT PROJECT PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN STUDENTS: DONALD EDMUND MUNSON MARGUERITE GREENFIELD JEFFREY FITSCHEN FACULTY ADVISORS: JAMES FRANGIDES EMIL ANTONUCCI INSTALLATION PHOTOGRAPHS: MODERNAGE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES, INC. PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS PAGE 4 FRANK J. THOMAS PAGE 5 FRANK J. THOMAS PAGE 6 RICHARD GROSS PAGE 7 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 8 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 9 BALTAZAR KORAB PAGE 10 HARR, HEDRICH-BLESSING PAGE 11 DANIEL O'TOOLE PAGE 12 MORLEY BAER PAGE 13 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 14 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 15 DUNGAN ALLEN PAGE 16 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 17 JEROME DROWN PAGE 18 SPAULDING TAYLOR PAGE 19 FERDINAND BOESCH PAGE 20 PETER BALESTRERO PAGE 21 JOHN SIMONS PAGE 22 ROBERT D. HARVEY PAGE 23 FERDINAND BOESCH 27 TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL MRS. VANDERBILT WEBB Chairman of the Board KENNETH CHORLEY Vice - Ch airman WILLIAM J. BARRETT President MAY E. WALTER Secretary V. LADA - MOCARSKI Treasurer MRS. B. D. ADAMS ALFRED AUERBACH THOMAS D'ARCY BROPHY RENE d'HARNONCOURT MARK ELLINGSON WILTZ HARRISON AUGUST HECKSCHER BERNARD KESTER WALTER H. KILHAM, JR. JACK LENOR LARSEN DOROTHY LIEBES FRANCIS S. MERRITT MRS. HAROLD T. NELSON DE WITT PETERKIN, JR. WILLIAM PITNEY FRANK STANTON JOHN B. STEVENS EDWARD WORMLEY MUSEUM STAFF PAUL J.
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