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Photo Credit: Photograph by Victoria Damrel
Chalice
195920th c
13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (34 x 20 cm)
Polia Pillin (aka Polia Sunockin Pillin), Polish, (September 1,1909–July 25, 1992)
Object Type:
Ceramic
Creation Place:
North America, United States, California
Medium and Support:
Ceramic
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Accession Number:
59-0.31
Commentary
The gray-green body of this chalice features six female figures standing shoulder-to-shoulder. Their long black hair, wide dark eyes and clasped hands exhibit a strong Byzantine quality, recalling the folk art of the artist’s native Poland. Polia came to America in 1924, settling first in Chicago, where she studied painting and pottery-making. Eventually she and her husband moved to Los Angeles where her work gained a wide audience.
Object Description
Functional Ceramic vessel
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- American
- Ceramics
- Ceramics, 1950s
- Clay
- Cup
- female
- Female
- Figure
- Figures
- Functional
- Glazed
- Los Angeles
- Modernism
- People
- Pottery
- Studio Ceramic
- Vessels
- Wheel-throwing
- Woman
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Dimensions
- H: 13 3/8; Diam: 7 7/8 inches Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (33.97 x 20 cm)
Provenance History
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Owner Name: Polia Pillin
Role: artist
Place: Los Angeles, California
Dates: 1959, December 8, 1959
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