Jan Hoy
(American, Contemporary)
"Progression"
iron-oxide glazed clay
h. 15-1/4", w. 15-1/2", d. 10-1/2"
Provenance: Estate of Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Other Notes: Working in the abstract, I feel my work is free of reference and association. This lets me explore form uninhibited by traditional shapes, ideas, expectations.
--Jan Hoy

Hoy has stated that "...each piece is a three-dimensional answer to a question." Once she acknowledges the answer, she faces the often daunting task of turning the concept into reality. Working mainly in clay (though she does occasionally cast in bronze and her monumental outdoor sculptures are composed of steel), she hand builds each piece, firing it and then finishing with either iron oxide, as with the work offered here, or a blue patination.

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