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THE CERAMIC PRESENCE IN MODERN ART: SELECTIONS FROM THE LINDA LEONARD SCHLENGER COLLECTION AND THE YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY September 4, 2015–January 3, 2016

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Image Captions:

[01] John Mason, Untitled, Vertical , 1961. Glazed stoneware, 30 x 15 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (76.2 x 40 x 18.8 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © John Mason

[02] John Mason, Untitled, 1958. Glazed stoneware, 11 1/2 x 8 x 10 in. (29.2 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © John Mason

[03] , New Black Moon, 1990–91. Glazed stoneware, overall 22 x 20 x 21 in. (55.9 x 50.8 x 53.3 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Artist / Toshiko Takaezu Trust

[04] Hans Hofmann, Fortissimo, 1956. Oil on canvas, 60 x 52 in. (152.4 x 132.1 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Richard Brown Baker, b.a. 1935. © Hans Hofmann Trust

[05] , Untitled Plate, 1996. Wood-fired stoneware, 19 x 19 x 5 in. (48.3 x 48.3 x 12.7 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Voulkos Family Trust

[06] John Chamberlain, Hawthorne, 1959. Painted metal, 16 x 21 3/4 x 11 in. (40.6 x 55.3 x 27.9 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Richard Brown Baker, b.a. 1935, Collection. © John Chamberlain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

[07] Peter Voulkos, Big Jupiter, 1994. Wood-fired stoneware, 40 x 30 1/2 x 27 in. (101.6 x 77.5 x 68.6 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Voulkos Family Trust

[08] Lucie Rie, Vase, ca. 1967. Glazed stoneware, 15 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (40 x 16.2 x 16.2 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Lucie Rie / Courtesy Yvonne Mayer

[09] , Opaline, 2001. Painted stoneware, 14 x 13 1/2 x 12 in. (35.6 x 34.3 x 30.5 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Ken Price / Courtesy Kenneth Price Estate

[10] , Bore, 1975. Glazed stoneware with china paint, 28 x 18 x 18 in. (71.1 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Richard Brown Baker, b.a. 1935, Collection. Art © Estate of Robert Arneson / Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y.

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[11] Anthony Caro, Lola, 1988–89. Stoneware, 18 3/4 x 23 x 13 in. (46.7 x 58.4 x 33 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Barford Sculpture Limited

[12] Jim Melchert, The Dream, 1967. Stoneware with glaze, overglaze, luster, and decals, 11 x 14 x 17 1/2 in. (27.9 x 35.6 x 44.5 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Jim Melchert

[13] , Untitled, ca. 1993. Porcelain, 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (18.1 x 24.8 x 11.4 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Thea Burger

[14] Isamu Noguchi, Mitosis, 1962, cast 1963. Bronze, edition of 9, 14 1/2 × 23 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (36.8 × 59.1 × 41 cm). Lent by Frederick Benenson, formerly in the collection of Charles B. Benenson, b.a. 1933. © Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

[15] Hans Coper, Bottle with Disc and 4 Cycladic forms, ca. 1970–75. Stoneware, ranging from 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 9.5 × 8.9 cm) to 11 3/4 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (29.9 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm). Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection. © Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts

[16] View of the exhibition The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the Yale University Art Gallery

[17] View of the exhibition The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the Yale University Art Gallery

[18] View of the exhibition The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the Yale University Art Gallery

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