Vase
1959 (made)
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Dan Arbeid is an important pioneer of post-war British ceramics. He explored handbuilding techniques and surface textures in a new style that strongly opposed the East Asian forms and glazes used by Bernard Leach and his followers. In the 1960s Arbeid was working on daring new pots, experimenting with imaginative and inventive forms and extremes of texture. He later worked primarily as a teacher. Arbeid said of this particular coil-built vase, ' It looked beautiful with cornflowers in it, but I wish I had it back now to alter that terrible rim'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, coil built, with an unglazed exterior and grey glazed interior |
| Brief description | Vase by Dan Arbeid; stoneware; British; 1959. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Arbeid', painted |
| Object history | Acquisition details: Primavera, London RF number: 59/2255 |
| Summary | Dan Arbeid is an important pioneer of post-war British ceramics. He explored handbuilding techniques and surface textures in a new style that strongly opposed the East Asian forms and glazes used by Bernard Leach and his followers. In the 1960s Arbeid was working on daring new pots, experimenting with imaginative and inventive forms and extremes of texture. He later worked primarily as a teacher. Arbeid said of this particular coil-built vase, ' It looked beautiful with cornflowers in it, but I wish I had it back now to alter that terrible rim'. |
| 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 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.157-1959 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2000 |
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