Late 20th century, raku fired clay in the shape of a torso, white and dark gray glaze with incised line and various impressed shapes, hollow interior perhaps designed for use as a vase, potter's stamp to base side. Included is a Gallery purchase receipt and printed artist biography.

17 in.

Catherine Merrill is an artist, curator, author and activist. Merrill's work explores the human figure and has been shown in over 150 national and international exhibitions. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute under Ken Ferguson. She has been published in Ceramics, Art & Perception, the Studio Potter, Contemporary American Pottery, New Ceramics, the NCECA Journal and CLAY TIMES. Merrill has presented numerous workshops and lectures at colleges and art centers in the US, Canada, Argentina and Cuba. Catherine was Curator of "Beyond the Embargo: Cuban and American Ceramics" at the Fuller Craft Museum. Merrill has been awarded the Jose Maria Heredia Medal of Honor for her contribution to Cuban Culture, grants from the Laila Art Fund, the Puffin Foundation and the NorthWest Ceramics Foundation as well as residencies in Hawaii, Cuba, Argentina, Hungary and Canada. In 2016, Catherine was Curator of CUBA LIBRE! at the new Juan R. Fuentes Gallery at Accion Latina and A Passion for the Figure at the Back to the Picture Gallery, both exhibitions in San Francisco where Catherine lives and works.

Good estate condition, with some crazing and natural firing hairlines as made.