Post War & Contemporary Ceramics 
19 February 2025
Post War & Contemporary Ceramics 
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Ken Ferguson 1928–2004

Four-Legged Vessel with Hare and Turtle

c. 1990
raku-fired stoneware 19½ h × 17 dia in (50 × 43 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $4,445
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provenance: Collection of Marge Brown Kalodner and Philip Kalodner
A similar example is held in the permanent collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

This work will preview in New York and ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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Clay Devotees

Works from the Collection of Marge and Philip Kalodner

Rago, Wright and LAMA are honored to present works from the collection of Marge and Philip Kalodner. The Kalodners have been avid supporters of artists and institutions committed to clay, including The Clay Studio in Philadelphia through the Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, which has run continuously since 2013. Over four decades, the Kalodners fervently sought to collect the best examples of contemporary clay, with an encompassing eye for an artist's vision and virtuoso skill. The result is a rich and vibrant collection showcasing the best talent in the field of twentieth century and contemporary ceramics including Viola Frey, Kathy Butterly, Sergei Isupov, Michael Lucero, and Jean-Pierre Larocque.

Make What You Really Love

In this rare, vintage footage we are treated to a behind-the-scenes look at Ken Ferguson's Wyoming studio as the artist, and self-described "humble country potter," illustrates his skill at the wheel while musing on his work and the nature of being a ceramist and educator.

I enjoy the versatility of clay. For this reason I work with functional and nonfunctional forms: stoneware, salt firing, raku, porcelain, and low temperature, thrown forms and hand-building, and cast ware. I reflect the fine arts, traditional crafts, and a need to make things. I try to be honest with myself and honest with clay.

Ken Ferguson

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