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Glazed stoneware, small footed funnel form bowl, decorated in swirling pastel blue-green, mauve and red-orange tone glazes, signed to underside.
2 1/2 x 6 in. diameter
Mary and Edwin made individual works and often worked collaboratively throughout their 69 year marriage. Mary became an expert on the potter’s wheel, throwing thin earthenware pots, while Edwin decorated the works using motifs that reflected his interest in spirituality and anthropology. In 1968 the Scheiers retired and spent nearly a decade in Oaxaca, Mexico. Imagery from this experience began to appear on their works from this period and later. They lived and worked in Green Valley, Arizona for the remainder of their lives.
Their works are included in numerous museum and private collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Museum of Modern Art, New York; among numerous others.
Good estate condition.