Leah Balsham Pottery Cats Cat Vtg Modern MCM Sculpture Ceramic Art
The gray cat is in wonderful condition but the yellow cat has small chip to ear and tail has been reattached. The white cats tail has also been reattached.
The gray cat stands approximately 5 tall and the white cat is approximately 5 long and the yellow cat is approximately 3 long. Measurements and condition can be seen in photos. Thank you so much for your interest! Leah Trust Balsham was born on September 28, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA at the University of Chicago (1940) as well as her MFA (1947), focusing on ceramics and printmaking. In the late 1930s and early 1940s she was employed by the WPA's Federal Arts Project in the Graphics division teaching woodcut, etching, and lithography, and in 1944 she took a position in the art department at Elmhurst College in Illinois. From 1947 to 1983 she was Professor of Ceramics at the Art Institute of Chicago. Leah Balsham is primarily known for sculpture and individual container forms.She worked with slabs, and threw earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain on the wheel. Balshams firings ranged from low to high fire, in oxidation and reduction kiln environments.
Surface treatment included majolica (a white-based usually with brightly colored, low fire decoration), incised, wax resist, china painted, lusters, and decals. Balshams wood fired pots made in Japan had little or no glaze.
Balsham's sculpture was particularly inspired by Greek mythology and vase painting, as well as Japanese ceramics, Persian miniature painting, and folk and primitive art. Some sculptures evoked plant forms while others could be taken apart, giving them an intentional game-like quality. Balsham is also known for her print making, her work as an artist for the Federal Art Project (WPA), and as teacher of children at Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago, Illinois. She exhibited in the Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, AIC in 1938 and 1960; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago in 1955; the Artist Members Exhibit, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago in 1962; After the Great Crash: New Deal Art in Illinois, Illinois State Museum in 1983. Leah Trust Balsham died in Beverly Shores, Indiana.
The item "Leah Balsham Pottery Cats Cat Vtg Modern MCM Sculpture Ceramic Art" is in sale since Thursday, July 22, 2021. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Figurines". The seller is "desiratrube-0" and is located in Tucson, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.- Color: Multi-Color
- Type: Figurine
- Style: Modern
- Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
- Material: Pottery
- Production Style: Art Pottery
- Production Technique: Pottery
- Handmade: Yes