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Photo Credit: Tim Burleson

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Title

Pitcher

Date
circa 1955
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Glazed stoneware
Dimensions
Support: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 8 in.
Style
Studio Crafts
Object Type
Ceramics
Class System
Decorative Arts & Design
Class 1
Functional
Credit Line
Black Mountain College Collection, Museum purchase with funds provided by 2007 Collectors' Circle members David Moltke-Hansen & Patricia Poteat and Brian & Gail McCarthy
Accession Number
2007.32.82
Copyright
In Copyright, Rights Holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable
© Estate of Robert Chapman Turner
Description

Tan, round bodied pitcher with dark brown, white and blue abstact forms on surface

Label History

Robert Chapman Turner Port Washington, NY 1913–2005 Sandy Spring, MD Pitcher, circa 1955 Glazed stoneware Black Mountain College Collection, Museum purchase with funds provided by 2007 Collectors’ Circle members David MoltkeHansen & Patricia Poteat and Brian & Gail McCarthy, 2007.32.82

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Object Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Ceramics at Black Mountain College Ceramics became a formally taught subject at Black Mountain College in 1949, even though the college was founded in 1933. The head of the school, Josef Albers, disliked ceramics because of its malleable nature—he believed it offered no challenge to the student trying to mold it. But, after Albers’s resignation in 1949 and at the request of students, Robert Turner came on staff to teach and produce ceramics. He moved to Black Mountain from Alfred University’s College of Ceramics and stayed until 1951. Then, in 1952, former Black Mountain College student Karen Karnes was appointed ceramics instructor. She and her husband, fellow potter David Weinrib, stayed at the college until 1954 and during that time sold their pottery with the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Extended Chat
Written by: Whitney Richardson

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