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September 2005 Fine Art and Antiques Auction

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608. Cleveland School Pottery Vase, 20th Century

Pottery vase, organic shape with soft rounded edges and off-center protruding neck. Impressed with newspaper plates, overall brown colored, accents highlighted with a matte cream slip. Signed illegibly on bottom. Purchased from Claude Conover. This work is probably of his student. Mr. Conover was the Ohio Arts Council’s recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1983 and he was a member of the "Cleveland School" which was first used by Elrick Davis a 1928 article for the Cleveland Press, titled "Cleveland's Art Pioneers Have Put City in Front Rank in Creative Field.". This has the original plastic insert. Apprx 21" tall.



1,000/2,000   Sold $862.50
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