Shaping Stoneware: The Ceramic Forms of Claude Conover, 28 October 2021 < Auctions

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Wright’s special presentation of 'Shaping Stoneware: The Ceramic Forms of Claude Conover' was an unprecedented success, achieving outstanding results that broke multiple records and far surpassed expectations. Sale total $1,128,600
100% by lot
326% by value

100 Claude Conover

Civiltuk vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $22,500

101 Claude Conover

Hoplac vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $35,000

102 Claude Conover

Tonala vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $12,500

103 Claude Conover

Vaay vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $32,500

104 Claude Conover

Balche vessel

$4,000–6,000

result: $20,000

105 Claude Conover

Chanac vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $25,000

106 Claude Conover

Okot vessel

$5,000–7,000

result: $15,000

Shaping Stoneware: The Ceramic Forms of Claude Conover
by Glenn Adamson Revolution or resolution? In modern ceramics, the former gets most of the acclaim. The disciplinary rupture brought about in the 1950s by Peter Voulkos in California, and by comparable figures in other parts of the world, was a paradigm shift, to be sure.¹ But it wasn’t all that was happening. There were other, equally vital currents flowing through ceramics at midcentury, less explicitly avant-garde, but equally rooted in modernism...

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107 Claude Conover

Rare Oltah vessel

$12,000–16,000

result: $87,500

108 Claude Conover

Teocalli vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $30,000

109 Claude Conover

Tollan vessel

$5,000–7,000

result: $16,250

110 Claude Conover

Taxco vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $21,250

111 Claude Conover

Taatz vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $20,000

112 Claude Conover

Hocah vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $30,000

113 Claude Conover

Nahuatl vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $31,250

114 Claude Conover

Rare sculpture

$15,000–20,000

result: $27,500

115 Claude Conover

Ticoman vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $25,000

116 Claude Conover

Cenah vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $40,000

117 Claude Conover

Vooh vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $17,500

118 Claude Conover

Nicnac vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $15,000

119 Claude Conover

Kaat vessel

$4,000–6,000

result: $13,750

120 Claude Conover

Early vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $25,000

121 Claude Conover

Rare Uchben vessel

$8,000–10,000

result: $75,000

122 Claude Conover

Bucbesah vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $17,500

I do not believe the artist should try to make a profound statement or explain his work. The object must speak for itself. Claude Conover

123 Claude Conover

Tlaloc vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $27,500

124 Claude Conover

Tlaloc vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $17,500

125 Claude Conover

Calumkin vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $42,500

126 Claude Conover

Tuus vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $20,000

127 Claude Conover

Tzuutz vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $21,250

128 Claude Conover

Tizoc vessel

$5,000–7,000

result: $20,000

129 Claude Conover

Amantla vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $20,000

130 Claude Conover

Taan vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $30,000

131 Claude Conover

Chachac vessel

$6,000–8,000

result: $12,350

132 Claude Conover

Calpulli vessel

$5,000–7,000

result: $10,000

133 Claude Conover

Piedras vessel

$5,000–7,000

result: $30,000

134 Claude Conover

Rare vessel

$8,000–10,000

result: $37,500

I think of it in terms of mass and volume instead of looking at it symmetrically like a potter does. I never studied pottery so I didn’t start out confused. Claude Conover