Monumental Brutalist Floor Vase, Signed Inge

Handmade slab built monumental Brutalist pottery vase. Meticulously decorated and glazed with organic and geometric patterns and shapes. Applied neck. Signed and dated, Inge, 70 a th...

A pair of fine and early Bennington Potters triangular trinket trays. Signed on the reverse with early COOP and hand and face cipher mark. This mark apparently pre-dates the spark/fo...

Large Vase Hohr W-Germany, 1960s Satin finish ('half gloss') W-Germany, 1960s. Stamped on base. W-Germany. Measures: 46 x 23 cm 3.5 kg The piece is in excellent condition and a r...

A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914-1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City, supporting himself with retail jobs selling men’s clothing. But in 1946 a chance encounter with a display of contemporary Japanese pottery inspired him on the spot to switch from painting to pottery. Green learned pottery techniques through engineering manuals and applied his knowledge of college chemistry to teach himself glazing. ​“In those days I looked at pots constantly,” he said. ​“I’d travel 100 miles to look at a good pot. I simply taught myself.” He took his painting skills and applied them to his clay works, creating pieces that critics praised for their painterly qualities and subtle sense of color. In 1976, he retired from the retail clothing...