Lot 1476
Jeff Kleckner (American, d. 2020), Three Porcelain Cups
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Proceeds to benefit the Carey G. Bringle Jr. Scholarship.
Tallest 4 3/4 in.
Being sold to benefit Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
Penland’s scholarship program exists to make their workshops accessible to those who are not able to participate without financial assistance and to create educational opportunities for people who have been underrepresented at Penland and in the craft world. Proceeds from this auction will help fund existing scholarships, with some proceeds designated towards specific scholarships as noted in the listings.
"I feel that if you can make a great cup, you can make anything. The scale of the cup interests me greatly. As a handheld object, it has the most intimate scale. Cups are interactive, not static. One holds a cup, brings it to the mouth, and washes it. Much can be communicated through these conditions."
Kleckner earned a BFA in Ceramics from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio and received an MFA at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Over the many decades of his career, Jeff taught ceramics at multiple locations, with his work exhibited throughout the United States in venues including the Clay Studio and the Schaller Gallery. He also exhibited and sold his work at the highest quality craft shows and art festivals, including the American Craft Council shows, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, the Longs Park Art Festival, and the Peter’s Valley Craft Fair. A 6 ft. x 9 ft. oil on canvas painting by Dana Van Horn, Jeff Kleckner at Work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Bio Courtesy of Something to Remain: A Tribute to Jeff Kleckner Pottery
Good estate condition.
