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VIEW OF MAIN GALLERY IN SYRACUSE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS INSTALLATION BY GEORGE VANDER SLUIS VIEWS OF MAIN GALLERY IN SYRACUSE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CERAMICS
SELECTED FROM THE
19th CERAMIC NATIONAL
SECOND BIENNIAL
SPONSORED BY The SYRACUSE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS The SYRACUSE CHINA CORPORATION SYRACUSE NEW YORK
The FERRO CORPORATION CLEVELAND
1957-1958 RELIEF FIGURE GROUP 27 1/2" L x 14" H By BETTY FEVES Pendleton, Oregon 44 $500 prize (one-half $1,000 award) International Business Machines Corp., New York, New York
ORATOR 7 3/4" H x 10 3/4" W By GEORGE STARK Tonawanda, New York 148 $250 prize (one-fourth $1,000 award) International Business Machines Corp., New York, New York
CHILDREN 13 1/2" H By ALICE SPERRY Fair Lawn, New Jersey 144 $250 prize (one-fourth $1,000 award) International Business Machines Corp., New York, New York FOREWORD
The long and honorable career of the Syracuse Ceramic National is a tribute to the value of institutional concentration, to the wisdom of the trustees of the Syracuse Museum of Art, and to the energy and devotion of its director, Miss Olmsted.
This year as in the past, the exhibition gives as comprehensive a review as circum- stances permit of the best contemporary work of the artist-potters of the United States and Canada, the latter being represented rather more fully than usual. Because of the fragility and often considerable bulk of the material and all the difficulties and expense of its transportation, the physical obstacles alone make a completely successful outcome almost impossible. Add to these uncertainties the built-in vagaries of the creative and critical personalities concerned, and there is every reason to feel that the result, with its obvious quality and range, is magically more than the sum of what might logically be expected.
Speaking both for my colleagues of the final jury and for those of the regional com- mittees of selection, we can only submit a blank check of humility for the many errors of omission and commission which were inevitably made in spite of every strenuous effort to the contrary. We do, however, urge the visitor to overlook these errors and enjoy the riches of skill and creative sensitivity which have survived. The participating artists and the Museum have prepared a bounteous feast for your satisfaction and delight.
To the inevitable questions, "What is new?", "In what direction is our ceramic art moving?", "What is outstanding in the present exhibition?", all that can be said in this brief note is "Look for yourself and compare what you see here and now with what you saw last year or ten years ago."
Perhaps one of the main reasons we find it difficult to single out any one group or trend for particular comment is that many developments or achievements which would have called for special mention earlier are now found so widely distributed that they merge in the generally high level of taste and technical skill which obtains in all the principal pro- ducing centers. However, we can perhaps say that the art of the potter as developed within or out of its utilitarian tradition is today definitely more successful and satisfactory than its employment in representational sculpture. This is probably the reason that the ceramic sculptor is turning more and more to forms and methods derived from slab and wheel construction.
The use of color still remains timid in relation to exploitation of texture and form. The color sense is finding a fuller expression in tiles and mosaics and naturally in enamels, where form is less competitive. Discretion is certainly the better part of valor where color is concerned. Where we cannot celebrate valor we can at least applaud discretion, for the road it indicates may ultimately be the surer for its very indirection.
To the Syracuse Museum of Art and its director we offer our thanks and congratulations.
For the final jury
MEYRIC R. ROGERS, Chairman
Curator of Decorative Arts and Industrial Arts Art Institute of Chicago FINAL JURY OF SELECTION AND AWARDS
Meyric R. Rogers, Chairman Antonio Prieto, Ceramist, Professor in Art, Mills College, Oakland, California
Daniel Rhodes, Associate Professor of Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York SHORE BIRD 201/4" H (including base) 24 1/4 " L By LILLYAN RHODES Alfred, New York 124 Special Commendation, ceramic sculpture Not in competition
SYMBOLS FOR AFFIRMATION By VIRGINIA DUDLEY Rising Fawn, Georgia 38 $200 prise from Thomas P. Thompson Company Highland Park, Illinois INTRODUCTION
The emergence of ceramic art as a ranking art form in this century is due, in no small measure, to the Syracuse Museum and its director, Anna Wetherill Olmsted. The Ceramic National establishes this and has taken its place in the foreground of significant recurrent art shows.
This art medium based on fired clay and melted silicates, though often thought of in terms of fragility, is fitted for history's purpose. No other art form has lasted to mirror so well the culture of its times. We know of the primitive civilizations through the potsherds remaining, and we know of the great cultural periods of history through our heritage of their ceramic skill.
It is fitting, therefore, that a proper emphasis be placed on an art that will convey our stature to a future time when our more perishable art media will have long since disappeared. We have only to look for our example to our knowledge of the vigorous art period of the T'ang Dynasty of China which ended a thousand years ago. We know that the quality of Tang painting was possibly the greatest of all time. Owing to fragmentary evi- dence, we have scanty knowledge of its force. The pottery of T'ang still stands, however, and evinces this greatness.
In our time, the foresight shown by the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts in sponsoring ceramic art, and the support given by the ceramic industry, which in turn can call upon the resultant art product, attests to a plausible partnership. WILLIAM HuLL, Chairman Syracuse Ceramic Advisory Committee
James Achuff Laurance Longley
Priscilla Barnum Ruth Randall
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LARGE BLUE BOWL 91/2" H x 10 3/4 " D WIDE-MOUTH BOTTLE 12 1/2" H By JAMES SECREST By PAUL VOLCKENI NG Canandaigua, New York Oakland, California 138 160 $200 prize from Syracuse China $100 prize from Harper Electric Corporation, Syracuse, New York Furnace Corporation, Buffalo, New York
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MARCH EARTH 361/2" W x 15" H By HARRIS and ROS BARRON Brookline, Massachusetts 8 $100 prize from 0. Hommel Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DONORS OF PRIZES
When the amount of an award equals or exceeds the purchase price fixed by the artist, the prize-winning piece (unless otherwise designated) be- comes the property of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts and will be added to its important National Collection of Contemporary American Ceramics.
PURCHASE PRIZES
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, New York $1,000.00
AMERICAN ART CLAY COMPANY, Indianapolis, Indiana 100.00
ARCADIAN LANDSCAPING, Dewitt, N. Y. I00.00
G. R. CROCKER & COMPANY, Syracuse, N. Y. 100.00
B. F. DRAKENFELD & COMPANY, New York 200.00
FEDERAL SEABOARD TERRA COTTA CORPORATION, Perth Amboy, N. J. 100.00
FERRO CORPORATION, Cleveland, Ohio 200.00
HARPER ELECTRIC FURNACE CORPORATION, Buffalo, N. Y. 100.00
HARSHAW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio 100.00
HOMER LAUGHLIN CHINA COMPANY, Newell, West Virginia 200.00
0. HOMMEL COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 100.00
IROQUOIS CHINA COMPANY, Syracuse, N. Y. 100.00
PEMCO CORPORATION, Baltimore, Maryland 100.00
THE SALEM CHINA COMPANY, Salem, Ohio 100.00
SYRACUSE CHINA CORPORATION, Syracuse, N. Y. 200.00
THOMAS C. THOMPSON COMPANY, Highland Park, Illinois 200.00
UNITED STATES POTTERS' ASSOCIATION . 200.00 till••••••••••-"
TWO SLAB POTS 9 1/2" H x II" W 12 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W (inc. stand) By DAVID WEINRIB Stony Point, New York 164-165 $200 prize from Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell, West Virginia
STONEWARE VASE 12" H By RICHARD LINCOLN Ann Arbor, Michigan 82 AWARDS 1956
CERAMIC SCULPTURE
BETTY W. FEVES Oregon LILLYAN RHODES New York DOROTHY W. RIESTER New York ALICE DEK. SPERRY New Jersey GEORGE K. STARK New York
POTTERY
HARRIS and ROS BARRON Massachusetts CLYDE E. BURT Ohio MICHAEL KAN New York CHARLES LAKOFSKY Ohio SIBYL LAUBENTHAL Canada GERTRUD and OTTO NATZLER California ELENA MONTALVO NETHERBY California JAMES SECREST New York PAUL C. VOLCKENING California DAVID WEINRIB New York MARIE WOO Michigan
ENAMELS
KARL DRERUP New Hampshire VIRGINIA DUDLEY Georgia
GLASS
EDRIS ECKHARDT Ohio
ARCHITECTURAL CERAMIC SCULPTURE WILLIAM M. McVEY Ohio SERIES OF FIVE SILVER AND GOLD GLASS PANELS Largest 101/2" H x 4 1/2" W By EDRIS ECKHARDT Cleveland, Ohio 40 $200 prize from B. F. Drakenfeld Company, New York, New York
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BIRD BATH 36 1/2" H By DOROTHY RIESTER Syracuse, New York 125 S100 Prize from Arcadian Landscaping, Syracuse, New York REGIONAL JURIES
ATHENS, GEORGIA: University of Georgia
Chairman: Reginald Poland, Director of the Museums, Atlanta Art Association
David M. Reese, Director, Telfair Art School, Savannah
Virginia Dudley, Rising Fawn Enamels, Rising Fawn
BOSTON: School of Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Chairman: F. H. Norton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Robert W. Gray, Director, Craft Center, Worcester Robert H. Meinhardt, Sturbridge
CLEVELAND: Cleveland Museum of Art
Chairman: Viktor Schreckengost, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
Kenneth F. Bates, Euclid
Frank Woodworth Rood, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles County Art Institute
Chairman: Millard Sheets, Director, Los Angeles County Art Institute, Los Angeles
Peter H. Voulkos, Los Angeles
Polia Pillin, Los Angeles
SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Museum of Art
Chairman: Herbert H. Sanders, San Jose State College, San Jose
Arthur Ames, Claremont
John McDowell, San Francisco
TORONTO: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology
Chairman: Mary Satterly Grzedzielski, Rexdale, Ontario Nancy Dawes, Senneville, Quebec
Mrs. Peter Haworth, Toronto, Ontario TEA POT AND CUPS Pot 5 3/4 " H By MICHAEL KAN Alfred, New York 69 $100 prize from Iroquois China Company, Syracuse, New York
TWO, FOOTED BOWLS 6 1/2" D; 9" D By CHARLES LAKOFSKY Bowling Green, Ohio 75-76 $100 prize from Harshaw Chemical Company, Cleveland, Ohio
GRAY EARTH BOWL 8 1/4 " H x 12" D By GERTRUD and OTTO NATZLER Los Angeles, California 105 $200 prize from U. S. Potters' Association
CATALOGUE
JAMES T. ACHUFF Syracuse New York I Covered Jar, gray with glaze trailed decoration
ARTHUR AMES Claremont California 2 Night Garden, enameled copper panel Invited: Member of Regional Jury
JEAN AMES Claremont California 3 Little Circus, enamel panel
JEAN BAKER Atlanta Georgia Atlanta Art Institute 4 Bottle, gray with black glaze, stoneware
LOUISE BALDWIN Brookline Massachusetts 5 Bowl, stoneware, crackle glaze
F. CARLTON BALL Los Angeles California Department of Fine Arts, University of Southern California 6 Glacial Escarpment, stoneware flower container, hand-built coil pot, bisque surface
JOSEPH W. BARFOOT Toronto Canada 7 Bowl, stoneware, dark brown sgraffito
HARRIS and ROS BARRON Brookline Massachusetts 8 March Earth, wall plaque, glazed ceramic tile in concrete $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery Given by 0. Hommel Company, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
JACQUELINE BARTLING New Orleans Louisiana Art Department, Newcomb College 9 Stoneware Bottle, black with brcwn resist decoration
KENNETH F. BATES Euclid Ohio 10 Mystery, enamel tray, gold paillons, free shape 11 Fish, enamel bowl, free shape invited: Member of Regional Jury
PAUL D. BELLARDO Boston Massachusetts Boston Museum School of Fine Arts 12 Platter, with birds, reduction porcelain glaze
KATHE BERL New York New York 13 Pierrot Lunair, enamel vase
PAUL BOGATAY Columbus Ohio 14 Decorated Bowl, reduction fire stoneware
AARON BOHROD and F. CARLTON BALL Madison Wisconsin 15 Night Birds, stoneware vase, mottled surface 16 Cold Blue, blue green stoneware vase
CHARLES M. BROWN Mandarin Florida 17 Bowl, earthenware, coil built, green matt over black slip, sgraffito design
REESE BULLEN Arcata California Humboldt State College 18 Porcelain Bottle, celadon with copper blush SMALL BOWL 4 1/2" D (TWO VIEWS) By SIBYL _LAUBENTHAL Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 79 $100 prize from Salem China Company, Salem, Ohio
SCARECROW 351/2" H x 131/2" W By KARL DRERUP Compton, New Hampshire 37 $200 prize from Ferro Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
CLYDE E. BURT Melrose Ohio 19 Shallow Bowl, gray with orange, green and yellow design 20 Bottle, gray with dark clay pattern 21 Covered Jar, gray with orange abstract design $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery 21 Given by G. R. Crocker & Company, Syracuse New York
ERNI CABAT Tucson Arizona 22 Plaque, copper enamel mounted on free-form, black mahogany
J. SHELDON CAREY Lawrence Kansas Design Department, University of Kansas 23 Textured Bottle, deep regular carving, light green, dark brown stoneware
MAR CARTER Chicago Illinois 24 The Little One, sculptured group, Mother, child and kitten, hollow built, terra cotta, glazed, unique
BERNARD HARRY CASTER South Butler New York 25 Panel from Ocean Floor, enamel Mosaic on copper
EDWARD CHANDLESS N. Arlington New Jersey 26 Compote, thrown, slip painted, inlaid sgraffito, gray, white, green, red clay
ANNE CHAPMAN Oxford Mississippi Department of Art, University of Mississippi 27 Curiosity, owl, glazed stoneware
FONG CHOW Alfred New York Glidden Pottery 28 Stoneware Vase with Three Openings on Top, blue matt over speckled gray
KATHERINE CHOY New Orleans Louisiana Newcomb Art School 29 Flat Vase, stoneware glaze with brown and blue specks
ANNA J. CHRISTIE Grand Rapids Michigan 30 Bowl, porcelain, copper red, local reduction
FERN COLE Akron Ohio 31 Faces, enamel bowl
RAUL CORONEL Los Angeles California 32 Footed Casserole, green, blue, brown, tan, sgraffito
RUTH CURTIS Elmira Oregon 33 Bottle, stoneware
VAL M. CUSHING Alfred New York 34 Mugs (six), stoneware, engobe with incised lines
PAULY D'ORLANDO New Orleans Louisiana 35 The City, rectangular, shades of gray, enameled on copper, hand hammered
MURRAY DOUGLAS Royal Oak Michigan 36 Sunburst, bowl, pinched base, black and white slip design, chartreuse glaze, stoneware KARL DRERUP Campton New Hampshire 37 Scarecrow, enamel on steel panel $200 Prize Awarded for Enamels Given by Ferro Corporation, Cleveland Ohio
VIRGINIA DUDLEY Rising Fawn Georgia 38 Symbols of Affirmation, enamel on copper 39 Fragmented Symbol, enamel on copper Invited: Member of Regional Jury $200 Prize Awarded for Enamels 38 -EDRIS ECKHARDT Cleveland Heights Ohio 40 Large Shadow Box: King Lear, cobalt blue, silver glass Remembrance of Spring, orange, gold and silver glass Crusader's Family Chart, gold glass Pomp and Circumstance, laminated gold glass Holy Family, laminated violet, silver glass 41 Archangel, hollow fused gold and copper reduction $200 Prize Awarded for Glass (40) Given by B. F. Drakenfeld Company, New York New York
THORNE and DORINE EDWARDS Memphis Tennessee 42 Covered Jar, earthenware, gray, Manganese brush decoration
RICHARD R. FAIRBANKS Oakland California Mills College Ceramic Guild 43 Stoneware Bowl, green glaze inlaid with black reduction
-BETTY W. FEVES Pendleton Oregon 44 Relief Figure Group, matt glared terra cotta relief, six figures 45 Woman with Screen, matt glazed terra cotta, green, ochre, brown $1000 Prize Awarded for Ceramic Sculpture. Divided between Betty Feves ($500), Alice Deli. Sperry ($250) and George Stark ($250) (For 44 ) Given by International Business Machines Corporation, New York
RAYMOND GALLUCCI Allentown Pennsylvania 46 Variations on a Theme, Mosaics
ANGELO C. GARZIO Syracuse New York 47 Bottle, crystaline porcelain, zinc oxide glaze slightly reduced
DAVID GIL Bennington Vermont 48 Coffee or Tea Set with Sugar and Creamer, stoneware, charcoal glaze, white porcelain- enamel knob, red leather handle enamel knob, red leather handle Duplicates
CLEMENT C. GIORGI Cleveland Ohio 49 Bottle, stoneware reduction
JANE GLASS Gatlinburg Tennessee 50 Bowl, enameled, brown, tIrrquoise, fo:!, line detail
FLORENCE GRAY Dearborn Michigan 51 The Three Kings
MAIJA GROTELL Bloomfield Hills Michigan Cranbrook Academy of Art 52 Stoneware Plate, red dots on gray background
IRENE HAMEL San Francisco California 53 Flower Pot Container, reduction glaze decoration
MARC HANSEN Grand Rapids Michigan 54 Bowl, stoneware 55 Bottle, stoneware
EILEEN and J. J. HAROLD Hampstead Canada 56 Bowl, stoneware, matt glaze
EDITH McKEE HARPER Cincinnati Ohio 57 Hindu Dancers, enameled plaque on cooper
DALE HAYS Berkeley California 58 Bottle, porcelain
ELAN HALE HAYS Berkeley California 59 Waiting, unglazed reduction
MAURICE HEATON West Nyack New York 60 Circle House, round bowl, enamel on glass JAR 26" H By PETER H. VOULKOS Los Angeles, California 161
RICHARD J. HIEB Lodi California 61 Flattened Bottle, salt glaze with cobalt brush pattern 62 Three Sided Vase, salt glaze with brown and yellow design
WINIFRED M. HOLT Delmar New York 63 City Activities, tile, blue and brown
CLAUDE HORAN Honolulu Hawaii 64 Bottle, cobalt blue rings and celadon glaze over all
ELIZABETH IRWIN Oakland California Mills College Ceramic Guild 65 Set of Porcelain Bowls (7), black with celadon glaze MARGARET ISRAEL New York New York 66 Hanging Weeder Bottle, satchel shaped for wall hanging COVERED JAR 18" H By CLYDE E. BURT Melrose, Ohio 21 $100 prize from G. R. Crocker & Company, Syracuse, New York
COVERED JAR 81/4" H By MARIE WOO Ann Arbor, Michigan 169 $100 prize from American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
PORCELAIN BOTTLE 5" H By ELENA M. NETHERBY Oakland, California 106 $100 prize from Pemco Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland CHARLES BARTLEY JEFFERY Cleveland Ohio 67 Juke Box, enamel on copper and silver
DONALD ARTHUR JOHNS Elgin Illinois 68 Family Circle, body reddish-brown with black specks MICHAEL KAN Alfred New York 69 Tea Set (4 Cups), slip decorated with saturated iron glazed interior 70 Bottle, sgraffito through slip decoration with saturated iron glaze on lip $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery (69) Given by Iroquois China Company, Syracuse New York
KAREN KARNES Stony Point New York 71 Bowl, gray, stoneware, red decoration JOSEPH KONZAL New York New York 72 Architectural Decoration, stoneware HOWARD WILLIAM KOTTLER Cleveland Heights Ohio 73 Cat, stoneware with wax resist in glaze decoration WALTER and MARY KRING New York New York 74 Bowl, dark green celadon, glaze on black clay CHARLES LAKOFSKY Bowling Green Ohio Art Department, Bowling Green State University 75 Bowl, stoneware iron glaze 76 Bowl, porcelain $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery (Group of Two Bowls 75-76) Given by Harshaw Chemical Company, Cleveland Ohio
RICHARD L. LANDOLF Chicago Illinois 77 Bird, terra cotta, rubbed in glaze, unique FLORENCE M. LAU Honolulu Hawaii 78 Bowl, reduction tan matt glaze with linear lines SIBYL LAUBENTHAL Edmonton Canada 79 Bowl, stoneware, gray-green glaze, black rooster $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery (79) HENRY H. LIN Seattle Washington 80 Stoneware Bottle, local glaze with white inlay design 81 Stoneware Plate, Cedar wood ash glaze with iron black decoration
RICHARD M. LINCOLN Ann Arbor Michigan 82 Stoneware Vase, white-brown design 83 Stoneware Bottle, white-brown design PETER LIPMAN-WULF New York New York 84 The Cat, brown grog clay HARVEY K. LITTLETON Verona Wisconsin 85 Stoneware Sphere, red, blue and black decoration 86 Stoneware Bottle, red and black decoration MALCOLM McCLAIN Los Angeles California 87 Stoneware Vase, mustard and iron red
EARL McCUTCHEN Athens Georgia Art Department, University of Georgia 88 Tray, laminated glass, grays and greens 89 Plate, laminated glass, blue and white
MARY ELLEN McDERMOTT Akron Ohio 90 Retinue, enamel on copper panel 91 Image and Constellation, enamel on copper panel ALARUM 18" H x 22" W By JANICE R. SWEYD New York, New York 151
STONEWARE COMPOTE 9" H, 15 1/2" D By PHILIP J. SECREST Canandaigua, New York 139
JOHN H. McDOWELL Oakland California Mills College Ceramic Guild 92 Bottle, yellow, white, horizontal brown bands, reduction cup shaped top 93 Vase, porcelain, yellow and brown, wax resist pattern sgraffitoed reduction Invited: Member of Regional Jury ELIZABETH C. McFADYEN East Cleveland Ohio 94 The Peruvian, terra cotta, engobe sgraffito decoration JAMES F. McKINNELL, JR. Helena Montana Archie Bray Foundation 95 Punch Bowl and Cups (14), stoneware, light blue glaze, wax resis t decor
HARUE OYAMA McVAY Honolulu Hawaii Art Department, University of Hawaii 96 Bottle, wax resist decoration, Tenmoku glaze LEZA S. McVEY Chagrin Falls Ohio 97 Ceramic Form, stoneware JOHN MASON Los Angeles California C8 Stoneware Pot, cobelt decoration CHARLES E. MEYER Ann Arbor Michigan 99 Lidded Jar, brown, dark with white, stoneware
WESLEY MILLS Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 100 Bowl and lid, black clay with matt glaze
CHARLES F. MOSGO Cleveland Ohio 101 Bowl, unique, pressed design, inlaid turquoise glaze 102 Bottle, unique, turquoise and brown glaze Memorial Group
IRENE MUSICK Colorado Springs Colorado 103 Stoneware Vase, sgraffito, banded gray, brown and white GERTRUD and OTTO NATZLER Los Angeles California 104 Bottle, yellow reduction glaze with ash dc-posits 105 Bowl, gray earth, crater glaze $200 Prize Awarded for Pottery (105) Even by United States Potters' Association
ELENA MONTALVO NETHERBY Oakland California Mills College 106 Bottle, porcelain, reduced copper coral glaze 107 Bottle, porcelain, reduced copper orbicular glaze $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery (106) Given by Pemco Corporation, Baltimore Maryland EVELYN M. NEWSOME Rochester New York Memorial Art Gallery 108 Jar, green and brown engobe on white, stoneware CHESTER R. NICODEMUS Columbus Ohio 109 Giraffe, reclining LUCILLE C. NUTT Seattle Washington 110 Decorative Bottle, porcelain, zinc silicate crystalline glaze, crystal-gold background, cream JEAN T. O'HARA Cleveland Ohio 1 1 1 Butterfly, enamel on copper, white shapes on red-pink background, silver foil paillons HARRY J. PARADIS Mishawaka Indiana 112 Bottle, black, rough texture, white line design, stoneware
WILLIAM THOMAS PERSICK Columbus Ohio 113 Bowl, reduced stoneware, animal decoration with ash glazes THREE HANGING WEEDER BOTTLES Largest 9" W By MARGARET ISRAEL New York, New York
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LILLIAN PIERCE Detroit Michigan 114 Stoneware Bowl, brown on outside, blue glaze linear s-jraffito de'.;:gn inside MONA S. PIERCE Lubbock Texas 115 Mail, enamel on tile
POLIA PILLIN Los Angeles California 116 April, blue plate 117 Mother and Child, painting Invited: Member of Regional Jury WILLIAM PITNEY Birmingham Michigan 118 Jar with Lid, spherical form, brown unglazed exterior with Albany slip decoration
KENNETH PRICE Los Angeles California 119 Stoneware Pot, sgraffito decoration PLATE 20" D By RUTH M. RIPPON Sacramento, California 126
COVERED BOWL 7" H By NANCY DAWES Senneville, Canada
[Not Included on Circuit] RETINUE 37" W x 14" H By MARY ELLEN McDERMOTT Akron, Ohio 90
ANTONIO PRIETO Oakland California Mills College 120 Bottle, porcelain, inlayed fish decoration Invited: Member of Final Jury
RUTH RANDALL Syracuse New York 121 Suez, coil built Egyptian cat
EILEEN REID Westmount Canada 122 Earthenware Bowl, dark brown, greenish mauve glaze, wax resist inside
DANIEL RHODES Alfred New York 123 Jar, stoneware Invited: Member of Final Jury
LILLYAN RHODES Alfred New York 124 Shorebird, sculpture Awarded Special Commendation by the Jury
DOROTHY W. RIESTER Syracuse New York 125 Bird Bath, bolted together by decorative steel rod $100 Prize Awarded for Garden Sculpture ( 125) Given by Arcadian Landscaping, Dewitt New York
RUTH M. RIPPON Sacramento California 126 Plate, sgraffito figures
VICTOR A. S. ROBINSON Wilton Connecticut 127 Megan, fieldstone glaze on terra cotta
KONRAD SADOWSKI Toronto Canada 128 Bottle, glazed
LISEL SALZER Seattle Washington 129 Two Girls, Limoges enamel on copper
HERBERT H. SANDERS San Jose California San Jose State College 130 Bowl, stoneware, brown with line decoration in black Invited: Member of Regional Jury 0. CLARK S 1\1FORD Flint Michigan 131 Wall P;ece, turquoise, head and flowers, glass inserts
PAT SCAR LETT Palo Alto California 132 Stoneware Form, coiled
EDWIN and MARY SCHEIER Durham New Hampshire University of New Hampire 133 Gray Bowl, decorated
RAYMOND SCHELLER Rantoul Illinois 134 Stoneware Covered Jar, black and brown oxides, white glaze
RICHARD C. SCHNEIDER Antigo Wisconsin 135 Bottle, porcelain, tan with light blue sgraffito
VIKTOR SCHRECKENGOST Cleveland Ohio 136 Ayes, unique, stoneware-glazed bird Invited: Member of Regional Jury
JUNE SCHWARCZ Northford Connecticut 137 The Shed, gray green, engraved, etched enameled copper panel with fine silver
JAMES SECREST Canandaigua New York 138 Fluted Bowl, stoneware, celadon glaze $200 Prize Awarded for Pottery (138) Given by Syracuse China Corporation, Syracuse New York
PHILIP J. SECREST Canandaigua New York 139 Stoneware Compote, celadon 140 Covered Jar, stoneware, brown glaze
FRANCES SERBER Philadelphia Pennsylvania 141 Oval Bowl, stoneware
THOMAS P. SHEFFIELD Lincoln Nebraska University of Nebraska 142 Bottle, white with red and green collar, bands of gray
ANNE SHELLABARGER San Francisco California 143 Plate, red, high-fire reduction
ALICE DEK. SPERRY Fair Lawn New Jersey
144 Children $1000 Prize Awarded for Ceramic Sculpture. Divided between Betty Feves ($500), Alice DeK. Sperry ($250) and George Stark ($250) Given by International Business Machines Corporation, New York New York
FRANKLIN E. SPRINGER, JR. Grand Rapids Michigan 145 Bowl, stoneware, brown line decoration
RUDOLF STAFFEL Philadelphia Pennsylvania 146 Chalice, stoneware, thrown, dipped
KENNETH R. STARBIRD Inkster Michigan 147 Bowl, porcelain, blue opalescence
GEORGE K. STARK Tonawanda New York 148 Orator, Jordan clay, grogged, unglazed $1000 Prize Awarded for Ceramic Sculpture. Divided between Betty Feves ($500), Alice DeK. Sperry ($250) and George Stark ($250) (148) Given by International Business Machines Corporation, New York New York
HANNAH H. STEWART Houston Texas 149 Vase, iron red, wax resist design 150 Owl, slip sgraffito design JANICE R. SWEYD New York New York 151 Alarum, glazed terra cotta
TOSHIKO TAKAEZU Cleveland Ohio 152 Two-Spouted Bottle, stoneware, glazed
JOSEPH TRIPPETTI Manchester New Hampshire Currier Art Center 153 Panel, Cloisonne enamel on copper
HELEN M. TRIVIGNO New Orleans Louisiana 154 Birds, enamel, black 155 Fish, enamel, blue
ROBERT TURNER Alfred Station New York 156 Casserole, stoneware, gray and red glaze 157 Bowl, stoneware, gray and red glaze 158 Terrace Planter, stoneware gray glaze Set of Three
A. G. VAN KLEECK Columbus Ohio 159 Vase, hand built, sgraffito decoration
PUNCH BOWL AND CUPS Bowl 15" D By JAMES F. McKINNELL, JR. Helena, Montana 95 PAUL C. VOLCKENING Oakland California 160 Wide-mouthed Bottle, stoneware reduction, white, rust, yellow $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery Given by Harper Electric Furnace Corporation, Buffalo New York
PETER H. VOULKOS Los Angeles California 161 Jar, blue, gray, brown Invited: Member of Regional Jury
A. RAY WAKELAND Monteagle Tennessee 162 Convention, hand thrown bowl, slip and matt glaze
JEAN PATTERSON WEBER Buckingham Pennsylvania 163 Water Birds, painting, enamel on copper
DAVID WEINRIB Stony Point New York 164 Slab Pot, yellow stoneware 165 Slab Pot, yellow, stoneware with metal base $200 Prize Awarded for Pottery ( 164-165) Given by Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell West Virginia
FRANS WILDENHAIN Rochester New York School for American Craftsmen 166 Decorative Urn with Lid, stoneware without glaze 167 Bowl, stoneware, green-red
GERALD WILLIAMS Goffstown New Hampshire 168 Covered Casserole, earthenware, black and green slip with wax resist decoration
MARIE WOO Ann Arbor Michigan College of Architecture & Design, University of Michigan 169 Covered Jar, iron red, wax resist brushwork, stoneware $100 Prize Awarded for Pottery (169) Given by American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis Indiana
ELLAMARIE WOOLLEY San Diego California 170 Compote, enameled copper panel
JAMES L. WOZNIAK Madison Wisconsin 171 Tea Pot, brown and white, rattan handle, stoneware 172 Tea Pot, white and green decoration, stoneware Duplicates
WILLIAM WYMAN North Weymouth Massachusetts 173 Sectional Branch Vases (Pair), stoneware, slip under crystal glaze
WAYNE YANZ Wyandotte Michigan 174 Plate, stoneware, sgraffito design thru engobe, white reduction glaze
ROBERT ZERLIN Freehold New Jersey 175 Owl, textured, stoneware, thrown base, speckled glaze interior
ROSEMARY ZWICK Chicago Illinois 176 The Tenement, relief, grogged body, engobe and multi-glazed FOLLOW ME Almost twice life size By WILLIAM N. McVEY Chagrin Falls, Ohio $100 prize from Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta Corporation, Perth Am boy, New Jersey
FOURTH ARCHITECTURAL CERAMIC SCULPTURE COMPETITION
For the best example of the use of ceramic sculpture as an integral part of an architectural plan. Photos of actual installations.
WILLIAM M. McVEY Chagrin Falls, Ohio I. "Follow Me", terra cotta, executed for Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio Architect: Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schaeffer Awarded $100 Prize Given by Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta Corporation Perth Amboy, New Jersey
MAR CARTER Chicago, Illinois 2. 20 Ceramic Wall Decorations in low relief and color, executed for Religious School of North Shore Congregational Israel, Glencot, Illinois Architect: Friedman, Altschuler & Sincere, Chicago, Illinois Awarded Honorable Mention
Catalogue by George Vander Sluis EVEN4NG STAR PATTERN By SYRACUSE CHINA CORPORATION Syracuse, New York First honorary award of merit for commercial din)) crx.are
ARTISTS IN INDUSTRY EXHIBIT
An invited group of selected pieces of dinnerware made by leading designers in ceramic
SYRACUSE CHINA CORPORATION Syracuse New York I. (a) "Evening Star" Pattern Designer: Ellen Manderfield 1st Honorary Award of Merit
GLIDDEN POTTERY Alfred New York 2. Alfred Stoneware Line Designer: Sergio Dello Strologo 2nd Honorary Award of Merit
GLADDING, McBEAN & COMPANY Los Angeles California 3. (a) "Silver Pine", Franciscan Fine China Designer: Jay Robinson (b) "Duet", Franciscan Ware Designer: George T. James
HEATH CERAMICS Sausalito California 4. Stoneware Set, porcelain lined
IROQUOIS CHINA COMPANY Syracuse New York 5. "Impromptu" Pattern Designer: Ben Seibel
THE HOMER LAUGHLIN CHINA COMPANY Newell West Virginia 6. "Epicure" Pattern Designer: Don Schreckengost
SALEM CHINA COMPANY Salem Ohio 7. "Primitive" Pattern Designer: Viktor Schreckengost
THE CERAMIC NATIONAL—MILESTONES
The Ceramic National was founded in 1932 in memory of Adelaide Alsop Robineau, internationally-known Syracuse ceramist. Part of the exhibition is circuited regularly by the Syracuse Museum to leading museums. 1937 Officially invited to Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm and Gothen- burg, Sweden; Helsingfors, Finland; and Stoke-on-Trent, England: This the first all-American Ceramic Exhibition ever invited abroad. This foreign exhibition circuit financed by the Rockefeller Foundation in recognition of the international significance of these invitations. 1939 Invited by Dorothy Liebes, Director, Decorative Arts Section, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, to represent American ceramic art at the Exposition. 1941 First Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics of the Western Hemi- sphere, arranged in celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the National Ceramic Exhibition, and sponsored by the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts and the International Business Machines Corporation: this exhibition made possible by the interest and generosity of the late Mr. Thomas J. Watson. Discontinued during the war years. 1946-1951 Exhibition resumed under joint sponsorship of the Syracuse Museum and the Syracuse China Corporation. 1952-1956 Exhibition sponsored by the Syracuse Museum, Syracuse China Corporation and the Ferro Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio. This exhibition, formerly an Annual, is now a Biennial.
CIRCUIT FOR THE 19TH CERAMIC NATIONAL 1957-1958
A circuit of selected ceramics, including prize works, extends thru 1958, fol- lowing the initial showing in Syracuse:
1957 — Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 29 West 53rd Street, New York City, Jan. 10 thru Feb. 10; University of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 27 to March 20; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, April 2 to April 30; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mich., May 10 thru June 2; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., July I to Sept. 15; in California: San Francisco Museum of Art, Oct. I to Oct. 29; Scripps College, Claremont, Nov. 8 thru Dec. 20.
1958 — San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, Calif., Jan. 5 thru Jan. 26; Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, La., Feb. 10 thru March 2; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala., March 15 thru April 6; Chattanooga Art Asso- ciation, Chattanooga, Tenn., April 19 thru May 11; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., May 23 thru June 15; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., July-August; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, S. C., Sept. 28 thru Oct. 19; Southern bookings under the auspices of the Southern Art Museum Directors' Association.