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Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 121:
Lidded soup terrine with 12 bowls is stoneware, in good condition, signed "Pharo" on bottom of terrine and each bowl; terrine measures 8.5 high with lid and 11.75 in diameter and weighs 15.6#, bowls are approximately 2.75 high and 5 in diameter and weight approx. 1.2# each. Pharo, John Leland, “Jack”. b. Belpre, KS, 1902; d. Manhattan, KS, July 8, 1991. Ceramist. Lithographer. Painter. Teacher. Pupil of William Dickerson, B.J.O. Nordfeldt, and E. Bruce Moore. While working for the U.S. Post Office, he joined the Wichita Art Assoc. School as a volunteer in the 1930s, became a ceramics instructor in 1947 and head of the ceramics department in 1949, a position he held for 26 years. He dug and processed his own clay in order to have total control over the pottery process. Pharo worked on multiple wheels and fired pieces three or four times. He retired from the Wichita Art Assoc. in 1973. Awards: Medal of Honor, Wichita Art Assoc. Exhibitions: 23rd McPherson Exhibition, 1933; Midwestern Artists Exhibition, 1936; Midwestern Artists Exhibition, 1937; 15th Annual Kansas Artists Exhibition, 1939; Kansas Master Artists, 1999. Collections: Wichita Art Assoc.; Wichita Art Museum; Sandzén Memorial Art Gallery; Topeka Public Library; Emprise Bank Collection. [Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"]
Condition: good condition
Weight: 30 lb
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