Detail
of art work.
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Hand-painted
Stonelain Bowl
by
Arnold Blanch - (1996-1968)
8-1/4" diameter x 2-1/8" high
Low
bowl in three-lobed form with undulating rim. Decorated and
hand painted by noted American artist Arnold Blanch.
(See detail below, left.)
Bearing impressed
Stonelain mark on back, with the entwined-S's cypher of
William Soini and Frances Server, AAA master
potters (see Background, below).
Signed
under glaze:
ARNOLD BLANCH (circle C)
Mint
condition.
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Background:
Associated
American Artists (New York, NY) produced pottery under
the Stonelain label from the early 1940's to circa
1952, featuring work from some of the foremost artists of
the day, including, Thomas Hart Benton, Georges Schrieber,
Gwen Lux, Arnold Blanch, Alexander Archipenko, Joseph
Hirsh, Carl Walters, Jo Davidson, etc., with master potters
William Soini and Frances Server handling the technical end
of production. (It is their intertwined "SS" initials found
inside the Stonelain logo.)
Arnold
Blanch was a prominent twentieth century American
painter, illustrator, muralist and printmaker. He studied at
the Minneapolis School of Art from 1914 to 1916, with
classmates Adolph Dehn, Harry Gottlieb and Lucille Lundquist
-- who later became his wife. He later studied at the Art
Students' League of New York (where he later taught), under
John Sloan and Boardman Robinson. His first one man
exhibition was held in New York in 1926, after which his
paintings and original prints figured prominently in most
major American expositions. in 1933, he received a
Guggenheim fellowship . He was also among a small group of
important
artists who designed for Associated American Artists
in the forties and fifties. He is well listed in standard
art references.
Reference:
Lehner's Encyclopedia of Marks, Lois Lehner, 1988,
Collector Books; A Treasury of American Prints,
Thomas Craven, edit, Simon and Shuster
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240.
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