Australian art pottery 1900 – 1950

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Limited edition

Sydney : Casuarina Press, 2004. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket, 362 pp. profusely illustrated. Limited to 2000 numbered copies (this out of series). An essential reference, a fine copy, practically as new. The result of a four year research project which has exposed a number of previously unheralded potters and re-assessed the work of others. The first major publication in 17 years to explore this subject, it will quickly become a benchmark in Australian decorative arts publishing. Edited by Kevin Fahy, John Freeland, Keith Free and Andrew Simpson, Australian Art Pottery 1900-1950 includes nine thematic essays and over 118 authoritative biographies of the best art potters. The scholarly text is sharply focused by more than 480 colour images of carefully selected objects chosen from the best public and private collections of pottery in the country. Many examples are illustrated here for the first time. Reflecting a commitment to excellence, both the essays and biographies are prepared by 23 of Australia s most accomplished art historians, curators, critics and collectors. Essay themes include the Brisbane’s Harvey School by Glenn Cooke; Art Pottery and China Painting in Western Australian: A few Tall Poppies by Dorothy Erickson; The Sydney Technical College Arts and Crafts School by Keith Free; Industrial Art Pottery an Early and Enduring Presence and Indigenous Reference in Australian Pottery: Appropriation, Adapation and Abstraction by John Freeland; T

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