{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-3799","title":"16.5\" Polia Pillin(1909-1992) Mid century Modern California Art Pottery Bowl","description":"16.5\" Polia Pillin(1909-1992) Mid century Modern California Art Pottery Bowl\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;late 1940's-50's. Exceptional early heavily potted Pillin piece just discovered\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;estate fresh. Bought from Polia for $75, I'm thinking the 101 on the tag\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;indicates it was likely her 101st piece made. This is a really big bowl with\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;typical crazing and 3 of the tiniest glaze flakes on the outside rim. No cracks,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;chips, or restorations.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Polish-born Polia Pillin (1909-1992) and her husband William established their\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;ceramic studio, The Pillin Art Pottery Company, in their Los Angeles, CA garage\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in 1948. Her husband shaped and glazed the pots that became canvases that Polia\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;used to paint fanciful scenes of people and animals in the mid-century style.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Thousands of pieces were produced and Polia became one of the most highly\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;regarded of contemporary studio potters today.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The clay used for Pillin pottery was typically red-brick in color. William\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;experimented with different glazes and produced some pieces without Polia’s\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;artwork. However, it was Polia’s artistic designs that garnered her\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;international recognition. Polia was inspired by the Cubism movement and by the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;works of Pablo Picasso whom she greatly admired. Her style is often referred to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;as “Byzantine”. Polia’s favorite subjects were women, horses, birds, fish and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;other animals painted over colorfully rich glazes. The overall pallet had an\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;organic, jewel-toned quality.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Each piece of Pillin pottery was hand-thrown, glazed, painted and hence, unique.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Because Pillin worked from her garage (and in her kitchen when she lived in\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Chicago), she did not have access to expert tradesmen, chemists or specialized\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;equipment that could mass produce her work. For that reason, most Pillin pottery\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;is highly crazed. Rare pieces with little to no crazing command higher values.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Most pieces of Pillin pottery were produced beginning in 1948 and marked on the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;bottom with Polia’s signature “Pillin” in either thick or thin black ink. Rare\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pieces produced in her Chicago kitchen in 1946 and 1947 are incised “46” or\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;“47”. Some very early pieces are marked “W+P” above the Pillin signature to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;indicate William throwing the pieces and Polia decorating them. Thicker thrown\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;pieces tend to indicate earlier works.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729361227992,"sku":"5658336543_100F","price":2675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/165-polia-pillin1909-1992-mid-century-modern-california-art-pottery-bowlestate-fresh-austin-236349.png?v=1757823687","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-3799","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}