Description
12" tall Harding Black (1912-2004) Texas Studio Art pottery vase with the best<br>drippy Chinese Flambe glaze. 7" wide. Very imposing piece, 12 oz v8 can shown<br>for scale. 3 really small inconsequential flakes on footrim and a few glaze<br>skips on shoulder possibly intentional. No significant chips, no cracks, no<br>restorations. Very cool space age form on this piece.<br><br>Harding Black San Antonio (1912 - 2004)<br><br>A ceramist, sculptor, painter, bricklayer, teacher, Black graduated from<br>Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929-30). In<br>1933, Black was taught by Rudolph Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery and also<br>began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte. Black directed ceramic<br>installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National<br>Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955<br>he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a<br>well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field.<br>Black's collection and archive is housed at Baylor University. Harding Black's<br>work with clay serves an an important bridge between early Texas and mid-century<br>pottery.<br><br>anderas
