Bowl

Glen Lukens American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

American ceramists continued to explore new directions, especially in the years immediately preceding and following World War II. Just as painting and sculpture of the 1940s broke new boundaries, moving into daring abstraction and more aggressive approaches to process, so too ceramists took ever greater liberties. Glen Lukens, who headed the ceramic program at the University of Southern California, exemplified this new approach to materials. He championed going into the desert with his students, searching for raw substances such as borax and alkaline materials. This plaque typifies his bold, elemental approach. The clay is rough and porous-looking, and the heavy pool of crazed glaze looks as though it was poured somewhat unevenly.

Bowl, Glen Lukens (American, Cowgill, Missouri 1887–1967 Los Angeles, California), Stoneware, American

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Bowl, Glen Lukens (American, Cowgill, Missouri 1887–1967 Los Angeles, California), Stoneware, American
Bowl, Glen Lukens (American, Cowgill, Missouri 1887–1967 Los Angeles, California), Stoneware, American

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