Richard DeVore Glazed Earthenware Vessel, American Studio Ceramic, c. 1985
A darker DeVore, more elemental, more ancient — the palette is almost geological.
ARTIST — Richard DeVore (American, 1933–2006)
PERIOD — c. 1985
CATEGORY — Studio Ceramic / Sculpture
MATERIALS — Earthenware, glazed, two-zone reduction-fired surface
DIMENSIONS — 7¾ h × 6½ w × 4¾ d in (20 × 17 × 12 cm)
CONTEXT — DeVore studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook and later chaired its ceramics department before a long tenure at Colorado State University. His vessels are held in over forty museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Louvre, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This example is among his more atmospheric — the dark, carbonized lower register moving into warm terracotta above, the angled rim asymmetric and unhurried. Form and surface, inseparable.