Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Seascape

Sculpture
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gordon Baldwin is one of the major figures of late 20th-century ceramics. He has also been an influential teacher, both at Eton College, where he taught pottery and sculpture, and as a lecturer at Camberwell and the Central School of Art (both in London). His early works were a pure exploration of abstract sculptural form, and would typically be finished with shiny dark glazes, as is the case here. From the 1970s, however, Baldwin has shown an increasing interest in ceramic vessel forms, and the interplay between shape and painted surface.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Form
  • Form
TitleSeascape (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, hand-built, with a black shiny glaze
Dimensions
  • Depth: 60.30cm
  • Height: 64.30cm
Marks and inscriptions
Object history
Acquisition details: given by the potter

RF number: 70/3760
Summary
Gordon Baldwin is one of the major figures of late 20th-century ceramics. He has also been an influential teacher, both at Eton College, where he taught pottery and sculpture, and as a lecturer at Camberwell and the Central School of Art (both in London). His early works were a pure exploration of abstract sculptural form, and would typically be finished with shiny dark glazes, as is the case here. From the 1970s, however, Baldwin has shown an increasing interest in ceramic vessel forms, and the interplay between shape and painted surface.
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.466&A-1970

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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