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Item Ships From: Michigan
Romer italy hand carved desk top hippie boho folk rock guitar player sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of a boho hippie folk rock guitar player . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one of many carved figures depicting trades and hobbi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Robert Bielat Sculpture Cast Bi-Metal Stone Wood "TRUE EAST"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Robert Bielat was an artist’s artist, a sobriquet applied to those whose work is brilliant but idiosyncratic, deeply compelling in a way that is obvious to those who can see it, but not necessarily so to the market or to the arbiters...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Cast Stone, Metal, Aluminum

Contemporary Modern Figurative Female Figure Hand Painted Floor Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A contemporary modern figurative female figure floor sculpture. This stunning decorative piece features an exaggerated female figure with black hair, and a hand painted base. This pi...
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20th Century Unknown Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Gerome Kamrowski Untitled (Mosaic Study) Signed Contemporary Mosaic on Wood
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A contemporary mosaic on wood sculpture Untitled (Mosaic Study) by Gerome Kamrowski. Hand signed on sculpture. Circa 1980s. A surreal composition of an abstracted winged figure. Prov...
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1980s American Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

Contemporary Bronze Table Sculpture Illusion by Jerry Soble 1990s
By Jerry Soble
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an astonishing, bronze table sculpture, of a woman sitting in a hand, "Illusion," signed by Jerry Soble, dated 1990s....
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1990s Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Post Modern Curved Lucite Table Sculpture Van Teal Style
By Van Teal
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This is a post-modern lucite table sculpture in the style of Van Teal. The entire piece is crafted from lucite, including the base and the arms that extend from the top. The sculptur...
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

Romer italy hand carved desk top rock and roll guitar player sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of a rock and roll guitar player . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one of many carved figures depicting trades and hobbies . M...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Romer italy hand carved desk top hockey player on skates sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Whimsical carved figure of hockey player in action on skates . Hand carved in Italy late 1960s into the seventies . This is one of many carved figures depicting trades and hobbies . ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Hugh Acton Wood Sculpture from His Own Barn
By Hugh Acton
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
A unique hanging sculpture consisting of 4 interlocking squares set at random angles held in place with dowels. This piece was bought from mi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vintage Curtis Jere Pair of Bronze Cranes on Stone Signed 1969 Table Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A Curtis Jere pair of bronze cranes on stone table sculpture. This wonderful vintage mid century table sculpture features a very dynamic composition of cranes stand on a stone. Each ...
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1960s French Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Harry Bertoia Style Welded Steel with Brass Desk Top Spray Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Ferndale, MI
Multiple steel rods set in free form brazed brass base. Each rod topped with melted brass droplet . Not quite but very reminiscent of Harry Bertoias work. Under vibration rods do hav...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel

Vintage Organic Natural Form Cypress Knuckle Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Vintage coastal cypress knuckle sculpture. Large and free standing . Naturally formed growth of Cypress wood . Works as a organic sculpture or green house element .
Category

Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Cypress

Contemporary Bronze Table Sculpture Duchess Nude Signed by Jerry Soble, 1990s
By Jerry Soble
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a marvelous, bronze table sculpture, on an acrylic lucite base, depicting a nude woman, "Duchess," signed by Jerry Soble, dated 1999. In excellent condition...
Category

1990s Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Don Snyder Galvenized Steel Sculpture 1974
By Don Snyder
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This dynamic and abstract sculpture by Don Snyder, crafted in 1974, is made from galvanized steel. The piece features fluid, organic forms that evoke a sense of movement and energy, ...
Category

1970s American Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Art Deco era stylized horse head sculpture on streamlined wood and aluminum base
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely done stylized horse head sculpture in black lacquer . Sculpture sits on streamlined wood base trimmed in aluminum .
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Sergio De Giusti Modernist Contemporary Cast Bronze Door Knocker Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modernist contemporary cast bronze door knocker sculpture by Detroit artist Sergio De Giusti. A biomorphic abstract composition that makes a...
Category

20th Century American Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lucite Swiss Cheese With Gold Mouse Desktop Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Solid acrylic lucite styled as a chunk of Swiss cheese . Small jewelry style mouse sits on top .
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite

Artisan House Curtis Jere Female Silhouette Metal Contemporary Modern Sculpture
By C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An Artisan House Curtis Jere female silhouette metal sculpture. A lovely table sculpture of a female head. The face looks to the side as the curls of...
Category

20th Century Unknown Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Bronze Table Sculpture Signed Edward Chesney, 1972
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a marvelous, bronze table sculpture, on a wood base, signed Edward Chesney, and dated 1972. In excellent condition. The dimens...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Contemporary Whimsical Harley Ben David Paper Mache Sculpture by Mike Leaf
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Join in on a motorcycle ride that is certain to be the highlight of your day. Leaf's take on a "Jewish" Harley (ben) David(son) shows his whimsical personality. As the rider concentr...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Paper

White Porcelain Cubist Elephant Figurine
Located in Ferndale, MI
White porcelain cubist petite elephant figurine with trunk up Measures: 5.13" x 2.75" x 1.5".
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

17th Century Pewter Charger with Hallmarks
Located in Buchanan, MI
17th century pewter charger with hallmarks. Good patina
Category

18th Century English Antique Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Pewter

Copenhagen Dahl Jensen Porcelain Figurine "SIAMESE DANCER" #1125
By Dahl Jensen
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The creator of this piece is Dahl Jensen. The Siamese dancer depicted is no doubt in the Royal Court with her elaborate headdress and elegant robe of indigo blue. The figure has a lo...
Category

1930s Danish Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Modern Contemporary Carved Acrylic Geese in Flight Table Sculpture on Base
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A classic modern contemporary carved acrylic sculpture depicting geese in flight. A dynamic composition with movement and energy. Artist unknown. From a private collection. Dimension...
Category

20th Century Unknown Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage Leather Rhino Footstools by Abercrombie Fitch, 1950s priced per item
By Abercrombie Fitch
Located in Buchanan, MI
Vintage Leather Rhino Footstools by Abercrombie & Fitch, 1950s priced per item would look amazing in a sitting room or library
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Leather

Sergio de Giusti Modernist Contemporary Biomorphic Ceramic Face Mask Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modernist contemporary painted ceramic sculpture depicting a biomorphic face or mask-like form by Detroit artist Sergio De Giusti. A fascinating composition where the face seems t...
Category

20th Century American Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Goldscheider Pair of Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Mid Century Modern Busts
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A mid-century modern pair of Japanese hand painted porcelain sculptures designed by Goldscheider. Stamped Goldscheider Everlast Corp on bottom. Circa mid-20th century. Intricate deta...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Whimsical Mike Leaf The Messiah, Bob Dylan The Rebbe Paper Mache
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A motorcycle-riding Jesus, Hassidic Rabbi and Bob Dylan take to the road as Jesus literally takes the wheel. The expression of glee on all three character's faces as they get set to ...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Collection of African Wood Carvings including Ebony Shona from Malawian
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A fascinating set of African wood carvings, including a lidded vessel from Ebony Shona from Malawian. From a private collection. Dimensions: 7”h ...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Set of 3 Asymmetrical Modern Ceramic Vases or Vessels Cranbrook Student Attr.
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modern set of 3 modern ceramic vases or vessels. Attributed to a Cranbrook Art student, late 20th to early 21st century. A unique asymmetrical design with organic line patterns car...
Category

Late 20th Century American Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sergio de Giusti Signed Modernist Biblical Painted Ceramic Diptych Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modernist contemporary painted ceramic diptych sculpture by Detroit artist Sergio De Giusti. An abstract composition with religious and biblical de...
Category

20th Century American Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Detroit Artist Doug Spalding Light Up Pottery Robot
Located in Ferndale, MI
Fun cute quirky industrial themed table top Robot lamp. Colorful lamp accented by intermittent flashing red bulb inside. Designed and built by Detroit area...
Category

1990s American American Craftsman Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

Phyllis Mark Kinetic Modern Steel Metal Floor Sculpture with Pedestal Signed
By Phyliss Mark
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This kinetic floor sculpture on pedestal is hand cast in polished chrome, while the movement and three dimensional quality emphasizes the varying shapes and 360 views. Signed, with a...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Torch Cut and Welded Brass on Steel Brutalist Sculpture Signed Pascoe
Located in Ferndale, MI
Well executed and detailed tabletop welded and brazed Brutalist "Garden" sculpture by D. Pascoe.
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Whimsical Carved Stone Garden Lawn Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Interesting fun whimsical carved stone garden sculpture. Base measures: 12 x 9 at 6" tall.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Stone

J Townsend Sealife Clownfish in Coral Bronze Ceramic Sculpture Signed 7/399
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This sculpture by J. Townsend, numbered 7/399, presents a playful scene of clownfish among coral, crafted from a combination of bronze and ceramic. The fish are depicted with a high ...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Black Marble Abstract Figurative Sculpture on Base Signed Lora Ross
By Lora Ross
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An elegant contemporary marble abstracted figurative sculpture on a base signed Lora Ross. A marvelous modern accent within a space. From a private collection; originally purchased f...
Category

Late 20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Architectural Wood Model of Denver, CO.
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Beautiful architect’s model of downtown Denver, CO. in solid wood. Featuring a CNC base of streets and open spaces, individual buildings are modeled to scale in a variety of woods. M...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

White Orb Sculpture
By J Schatz Studio
Located in Warren, MI
Pure elliptical orbs of white suspended by natural fibers capture shadows and throw reflections across a room. Composed of 34 glossy white stoneware orb shapes that are held in place by a hand-knotted jute rope. The orbs, which are handcrafted in the studio, are perfectly round before we high fire them in the kiln. At their peak temperature of 2200 °F they settle into an imperfect ellipse. It's a gesture to the handmade nature of ceramics that we complement with a flawless glossy bright white glaze. The White Orb Sculpture is a unique one-of-a-kind artwork. DETAILS Hanging Stoneware Composition of 34 Individual Pieces Overall Dimensions:  55" High x 55" Wide x 8" Deep Each individual shape is 6" High x 8" Wide x 3" Deep Suspended by natural Jute Rope that can be adjusted to any height Total Weight: 40 Pounds Signed and Stamped by J Schatz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Happening Circle
By J Schatz Studio
Located in Warren, MI
Elegant and complex, the Happening Circle is a captivating piece that demands attention. Composed of 66 individual stoneware shapes that are mirror finished in platinum glaze and arranged in a circle of six cables. Each cable hangs eleven stoneware shapes. Highly reflective and always captivating. The Happening Circle is a unique one-of-a-kind artwork. DETAILS Stoneware Sculpture composed of 66 Individual Pieces attached to 6 Stainless Steel Hanging Cables Dimensions: 6' High x 17" Diameter (Each Shape is 5 1/2" High x 4" Diameter) Total Weight: 66 Pounds Signed and Stamped by J Schatz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Pair of Greenwich Village artist Rebaje Hammered Copper and Brass Cuff Links
By Francisco Rebajes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely crafted pair of cuff links by and signed Rebaje . Hammered copper face with brass button on backside . Francisco Torres arrived in NY from Dominican Republic in 1922. Sleeping on couches and in basements of friends trying to make his fortune . . Gradually transformed himself into Frank Rebajes...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

Robert Sestok "Cass Corridor Artist" Detroit Abstract Welded Steel
By Robert Sestok
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The "Untitled" abstract sculpture by Robert Sestok has a very deliberate aura of strength in its columnar shape. Upon closer inspection details emerge su...
Category

1980s American Expressionist Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Set of 3 Post Modern Abstract Ceramic Bowl Scultpures by Kaiser Suidan 1990s
Located in Troy, MI
A grouping of three modular ceramic bowl sculptures by Michigan artist Kaiser Suidan 1992 Unique footed bowls in a conjoined puzzle like configuration with various designs and glaze...
Category

1990s Post-Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Torch Cut and Welded Steel Brutalist Bull Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Well executed minimal and brutalist torch cut sheetmetal on round stock welded steel frame.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Sheet Metal

Hand Carved Italian Wall Sculpture Depicting Medieval Turrets Towers and Castles
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely carved wall hanging sculpture depicting medieval castle turrets and towers . Carved in such a way to give the piece a three dimensional feel . S...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vintage Woven Chinese Giraffe Asian Style Basket Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Stunning accent piece! An elegant vintage woven Chinese giraffe sculpture. This has an interesting composition with a baby giraffe on the back, which is also the lid top. In excellen...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Wicker

Desk Top Lucite Stylized Fish Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Sculpture of two lucite fish one mounted over the second with chrome dowel connecting.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite

Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Green Biomorphic Shell Design on Metal Wood Stand
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A unique Mid-Century Modern decorative ceramic item showcasing a biomorphic shell design. The sculpture has lovely tones of swirling green with leather strands. It sits upon a metal ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Curtis Jere Signed Dated 9/11 Memorial Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a marvelous, 9/11 Memorial, metal wall sculpture, signed and dated by Curtis Jere, circa 2011. In very good condition. The dimensions are 26" W x 36" H.   
Category

2010s Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Polished Geode Specimen Ash Tray or Desk Top Dish
Located in Ferndale, MI
Beautiful natural form polished Geode possibly rock crystal specimen bowl.
Category

Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Set of Eight Quartz Crystal Geode Geologic Specimen Bowls
Located in Ferndale, MI
Eight geological specimen bowls in varying sizes.
Category

15th Century and Earlier American Arts and Crafts Antique Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Agate

James Nani Untitled Contemporary Pyramid Lucite Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a compelling contemporary pyramid lucite sculpture signed Nani (13 x 22). James Nani (1926-2016) was a Detroit artist for over 50 ...
Category

20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

Vladimir Kush "VOYEUR" Bronze Metaphorical Realism/Surrealist Figurative
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
"Voyeur" is a sculpture that sets out to provide one of the links in the love symbolism of the ‘key-lock’ sequence – the artifact of visualizing a love affair. There are famous images by Degas of women taking a bath and drying themselves afterward and here is how he (Degas) explained the secret of such compositions: “Naked figures are usually depicted posing for the viewer. I, however, paint the ordinary modest women, who are busy taking the usual care of their bodies… It is like watching them through a key-hole.” In this sculpture the watcher, having previously been in the dark, turns into a certain link in the love chain and becomes an artifact. In the present triad of key, lock and keyhole, every symbol acquires its own meaning in time and shape. - per Vladimir Kush "Vladimir Kush was born in Russia, in a one-story wooden house near the Moscow forest-park Sokolniki. At the age of seven, Vladimir began to attend art school until late evening where he became acquainted with the works of great artists of the Renaissance, famous Impressionists, and Modern Artists. He entered the Moscow Higher Art and Craft School at age 17, but a year later he was conscripted. After six months of military training...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Collection of Five Black Forest Roe Mounts on Carved Wood Plaques Priced per mou
Located in Buchanan, MI
Collection of five Black Forest roe mounts on carved wood plaques. Priced per mount.
Category

19th Century German Black Forest Antique Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Antler, Wood

Royal Doulton Red Flambe Porcelain Figurine "PENGUIN" 1930
By Royal Doulton
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Over 500 years ago Chinese potters first experimented with copper oxide glazes to create a fiery red finish that became known as Flambe. When these Sung Dynasty (AD 960 to1279) porce...
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Mid-20th Century Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Dahl-Jensen Porcelain Figurine Arabian Girl #1129 Royal Copenhagen
By Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
"Arabian Girl" is one of the exquisite pieces produced by Dahl-Jensen which is now part of Royal Copenhagen. It is stamped #1129 with a slash across the hallmark, a mark which indica...
Category

1920s Danish Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Bing Grondahl Porcelain "The Tinderbox" Hans C Anderson 8051 Royal Copenhagen
By Jens Jakob Bregnoe
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Tinder Box is a small exquisite porcelain figurine that shines like a jewel. The figures are carefully created in great detail with much attention paid to the clothes and their decorations, the crutch, the cat, etc. This porcelain was based on the Hans Christian Anderson tale of “The Tinder Box”. A soldier is returning from the wars one day when he meets a witch. She tells him that she can give him riches, if he will do a favor for her. There is a hole at the top of a nearby tree. If the soldier climbs the tree, the witch tells him, and slides down the inside of the hollow trunk...
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1970s Danish Vintage Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Royal Doulton Red Flambe Porcelain Figurine "OWL"
By Royal Doulton
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Over 500 years ago Chinese potters first experimented with copper oxide glazes to create a fiery red finish that became known as Flambe. When these Sung Dynasty (AD 960 to1279) porce...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Sculpture of Two Ladies in the Manner of Alberto Giacometti
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Buchanan, MI
Striking bronze sculpture of two ladies in the manner of Alberto Giacometti.
Category

Early 20th Century Swiss Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

John Glick Plum Tree Pottery "Wall Mantel Series"
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
John Glick is well-known for his beautifully rendered functional pieces of art. His decorative pieces, especially his large pots, are breathtakingly powerful objects. Glick's creative genius, however, is most exquisitely shown in this unique grouping of objets d'art. The Wall Hanging has a lovely classical scroll shelf. The objets on the shelf include an apple and pear - both fruits frequently rendered by artists from the Dutch Masters to Cezanne because of their perfectly balanced shape and rich colors. In addition is a small Greek or Roman styled dish used as an oil lamp. The other three objets are mysterious twisted tube-like organic shapes. John Glick, at one of his richest, creative bests. The objets are of various sizes, movable and can be displayed as desired. The size given is the overall size of both pieces and the objets d'art. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery” (now a designated historic landmark in Farmington Hills, Michigan) studio opened around 1965 and closed in the summer of 2016. It was a private studio space for John and a number of his students and assistants. He believed his shapes evolved guided by forces apparently outside his control. This was instinctual, intellectual and due to his openness to change, fusing into what he thought was the most positive force behind a potter’s approach: evolution and growth. Some have called it inspiration. John was not only a major figure in the Detroit creative community, but in the ceramics world at large. According to Shelley Selim in her book on John, “John Glick: A Legacy in Clay” John remains: “one of the most recognizable names in the field of studio pottery – known for lecturing, publishing, and offering workshops widely – and his work has been featured in well over a hundred local, national and international exhibitions since he was a college student in the late 1950s.” Along with this John has mentored over thirty studio apprentices over five and a half decades, received numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been prolific, with an estimated 300,000 ceramic wares throughout the world. He received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher. Grotell was noted for her deep interest in the human connection to nature’s rhythms and patters. These ideas often grounded her dialog with her students including Glick, affecting, a profund and lasting influence on his future work. This famous Art Academy was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock (blown glass), Larry Butcher (mixed media) and Lauren Anais Hussey...
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Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Michigan - Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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