JOHN KARRASCH art STUDio POTTEry stunner glaze bottle

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Vasefinder's eB AY Auctions Vasefinder is your online source for the American Studio Pottery Movement. We are bringing it on!!! Pots, Art and other great collectibles Historical information : Over the next several weeks, VASEFINDER-ONLINE will continue selling the important John Karrasch life collection---this is part 5 of what some eBAYERS consider to be one of the best life collections ever brought to the BAY by a true giant killer of the American Studio Movement--the proof is in the HISTORY. Per the Vasefinder Museum, John Charles Karrasch was born in Missouri. He received the first technical B.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Southern California in 1956, w he was a student of Susan Peterson and Vivika Heino. He received his M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1963, w he was a student of Lyle and Dorothy Perkins. John was a scholarship student at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. For a brief period, John studied glass technology with Harvey Littleton, when he was a student at the Toledo Museum of Art and received a Georg Jensen Grant. He would also study glass technology in Finland. John worked as a marketing assistant for the League of New Hampshire. He was a designer for the Metlox Pottery. He has taught at Chouinard, as well the University of Nevada Reno to just mention a couple locations. John works in several clay mediums, such as porcelain, stoneware and earthenware. He founded the Nevada Clay Arts Guild in the mid-1970s. Prior to 1961, we show John exhibiting at the Missouri State Fair in 1955 and 1956. In 1956, he had a one-man show at the Fisher Gallery of USC, Los Angeles, California. He also exhibited in one-man shows in Reno and Las Vegas in 1959 and exhibited at the Nevada State Silver Centennial, Virginia City, Nevada. He exhibited at the Syracuse Nationals in 1962, 1964 and 1966. In 1980, John was awarded the First Annual Governor's Arts Award by the State of Nevada for his outstanding work in the clay medium. Please be sure to make us a favorite to obtain some really fine items for your pottery collection. In this auction, Vasefinder has listed this outstanding porcelain bottle vase, which has been glazed with a rich olive colored glaze---just an intense and powerful form. This pot is a real signature form from this important artist of the Movement. This pot would nicely complement your Berndt Friberg, Binns or Palshus era collections. I cannot emphasize this rare opportunity to buy a pot from the John Karrasch Collection. Please keep watching the auctions and consider a pot from this amazing collection for your next special purchase. Marks : Signed with initials and studio label, as shown. Dimensions : This form stands 5 inches with a maximum width or diameter of approximately 4 inches. Condition :We go to the nth degree to represent an accurate condition census. Please see photographs for condition. We do not detect any post-factory damage, such as chips cracks, hairlines or repairs. A little factory glaze run within the interior neck of the form. This pot has a beautiful feel and nice ringing resonance. Shipping: All items are shipped via Priority Mail. WE GUARANTEE item will be double boxed for safe shipping---we take every precaution for safe shipping. Winner of the auction is responsible for all shipping costs. All insurance monies remitted are paid to the US Postal Service. Payment : We accept Paypal(confirmed addresses only), personal check or money order. Payment is due within 10 days of close of auction. All international payments must be made via Paypal---no exceptions. Terms of sale : This is an estate as-is auction--all sales final. read more

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