Winter Stoneware Pot by Peter Rushforth
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An important and Seminal 'Winter' stoneware pot by Peter Rushforth OA (1920-2015), circa 1979 of globular form in Jun over tenmoku glaze with incised blossom design, 28 cm high x 28 cm deep. Provenance: Purchased December 1979, from the Victor Mace Gallery. Purported to be one of a series of the 4 seasons. Made at Le Var, Rushforth's final Studio in the Shipley Plateau, near Blackheath, NSW. Exhibitions: his work is exhibited in NGA, NGV, MAAS, Sydney and many other private collections. He held over 20 private exhibits in Australia and overseas, his last being a retrospective exhibition of his work, 'All fired up'. Held in the S.H. Erwin Gallery, Sydney in 2013, featuring 172 pieces. Other Notes: Peter Rushforth set about developing the requisite knowledge, technology, skills and experience through reading, exploration of the Mingei folk-Art aesthetic and Zen Buddhism, practical experimentation, visits to Europe, India, the United States and Japan, and learning from colleagues and English and Japanese master potters. By the time of his retirement in 1978, Rushforth had established himself as one of the leading and most influential Studio potters of the Post-war period, and held innumerable group and solo exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally, including a solo exhibition in Tokyo in 1975.
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