
Beyond Craft
Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection
Cindi Strauss(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 1. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-300-20410-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the 1960s, Leatrice and Melvin Eagle have acquired decorative arts of the highest quality, beginning with contemporary ceramics and then expanding to works in other mediums produced from the 1940s to the present. Although primarily American in scope, their collection also encompasses significant pieces by acclaimed international artists. This book presents, for the first time, key highlights from the Eagle collection, which was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2010. At the core of the collection are stunning examples of ceramics by groundbreaking California-based artists, such as Robert Arneson, Ralph Bacerra, Viola Frey, David Gilhooly, Ron Nagle, Ken Price, Adrian Saxe, and Peter Voulkos. Also included is furniture by Wendell Castle and Sam Maloof; textile and fiber art by Olga de Amaral, John Garrett, John McQueen, and Cynthia Schira; and jewelry and metalwork by William Harper, Albert Paley, Earl Pardon, and Joyce J. Scott. This catalogue features works by about 40 key artists and an illustrated checklist of about 170 objects in the collection.
Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Exhibition Schedule:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(02/23/14-05/26/14)
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design
(09/06/14-02/22/15)
Canton Museum of Art
(September 2015-October 2015)
Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Exhibition Schedule:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(02/23/14-05/26/14)
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design
(09/06/14-02/22/15)
Canton Museum of Art
(September 2015-October 2015)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
263 color and 4 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-20410-0 (9780300204100)
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Persons
Cindi Strauss is assistant director, programming, and curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.