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1950 · Glazed stoneware
.1: 13 3/4 x 3 11/16" (34.9 x 9.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Carl-Harry Stålhane
Swedish, 1920
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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New Design Trends
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Carl-Harry Stålhane was a Swedish ceramicist whose stoneware vessels combined modernist restraint with tactile, organically modulated surfaces. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed a distinctive approach to form and glaze that prioritized the material qualities of clay itself. His work bridges functionalism and sculptural abstraction, with each piece bearing the imprint of hand-forming and spontaneous surface treatment. Stålhane's practice established a major lineage in Scandinavian ceramics and studio pottery.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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