Karen Karnes (1925-2016) was one of the most prominent and important American ceramicists in the 20th Century. A pioneer in ceramics from the generation that came of age after WWII. Part of two legendary art communities: Black Mountain College and the Gatehill Community in New York with Merce Cunningham, John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg among others. Karnes was a modernist at heart- her inspiration coming from The Bauhaus. Her work has always been sculptural-even when functional.
Her work is held in Public and Private Collections Worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York USA. Aukland Museum, Aukland, New Zealand. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LAMCA), Los Angeles, California USA. Museum of Arts and Design, New York USA. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. USA. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Soneware, circa 1987. Impressed ‘KK’ monogram to the base. 15cm tall by 12cm wide. This piece was originally exhibited at Galerie Besson
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