Fred Bauer (American, b. 1937) Charger, USA, 1970s

Lusterware-glazed and transfer-printed stoneware
Unmarked

(Dia: 15 3/4 in.)

Qty: (1)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

Literature

Lee Nordness, Objects: USA, The Viking Press, New York, 1970, p. 105 (for a discussion of the artist)

Artist Biography

Fred Bauer was born in Memphis, Tennesse in 1937. He received his BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art in 1962 and MFA from the University of Washington in 1964. He was an artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in 1962. He has served on the faculty at the University of Michigan, the Aztec Mountain Museum of Craft, and the University of Washington. In addition to the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Craft, his works can be found in the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse and the St. Paul Gallery and School of Art.

A few scuffs and short surface scratches, generally concentrated to the areas of silver lustre with some rubbing and lustre loss; no breaks or repairs.