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a colorful vase that is sitting on a white surfacea blue and green vase with a cat inside of ittwo vases that are shaped like animals on a white surface
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Betty WOODMAN Summer Vase, New York – 1996 Glazed ceramic, epoxy resin, lacquer and acrylic paint 67.50 × 65 × 24 cm Glazed ceramic, epoxy resin, lacquer and acrylic paint 26.6 × 25.6 × 9.4 in. Provenance: Max Protetch Gallery, New York Acquired from the gallery by the current owner Exhibitions: Max Protetch Gallery, New York, 24 February to 23 March 1996, Betty Woodman: Balustrade Vases and Bellagio Drawings. Museum Voor Modern, Ostend, Betty Woodman, 18 July to 8 November 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Dunkirk, 27 September to 25 January 1998, Betty Woodman, Vases and Drawings Bibliography: Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dunkirk, Betty Woodman, Vases and Drawings, 27 September to 25 January 1998, reproduced on pp. 36 and 37 Betty Woodman revolutionised post-war American art by elevating traditional ceramics to the status of contemporary, sculptural and multimedia art. A graduate of the School for American Craftsmen at Alfred University, she began her career in the 1950s as a potter of functional ware before settling in Boulder, Colorado. Her work blends painting, architecture and everyday objects, drawing inspiration from Roman frescoes, the Renaissance, as well as Matisse and Bonnard. In 2006, she made history by becoming the first living female artist to be honoured with a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her international influence is evident through major exhibitions, such as those at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1996), the Museu Nacional do Azulejo in Lisbon (2005) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London (2016). Having been awarded several honorary doctorates, her work is now held in over ninety public collections, including those of MoMA and the Victoria and Albert Museum, confirming her status as an icon of modern art. Betty WOODMAN
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Auction time 10/23/2026 at 4:00 PM
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