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':,pottery Exhibit
At Habatat-Shaw
Habatat/Shaw Gallery will
host an exhibit and sale of the
work by the folk/funk potter
George Ohr through June 20.
n opening reception will be
held 7:30-10 p.m. May 22; the
public is invited.
Mr. Ohr (1860-1917) produc-
ed about 8,000 unique pots
before retiring in 1907. It is
only recently that his work
has been discovered by an in-
ternational coterie of collec-
tors. His penchant for throw-
ing paper thin pots and then
twisting, crimping and
crumpling them into odd-
shaped, asymmetrical vessels
did not appeal to the prevail-
ing Victorian sensibility. In
1971, a New Jersey antique
dealer bought the entire hid-
den cache of work from Mr.
Ohr's surviving sons and the
art world began to get a sense
of the scope of Mr. Ohr's
/ -accomplishment.
Typically, a thin pot would
be treated as a vase, twisted,
prodded and crumpled into a
bizarre yet somehow attrac-
tive pot. Mr. Ohr's glazing
was no less radical and he
would often use such founda-
tion colors as orange, pink, or
Tky blue and then, very ex-
( pressively, drizzle gun metal,
red or cream over the surface.
A selection of 75 pieces will
be on display at Habatat/
Shaw including 20 bisque-
glaze
pots. Mr. Ohr's bisque
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work was his last, and
perhaps most mature work.
Habatat/Shaw Gallery
hours are Tuesday through
Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by
appointment. For informa-
tion, call Jeff Guido,
851-8767.
Art Center Offers
Redstone Exhibit
A 50-year retrospective of
watercolor paintings by Louis
G. Redstone will be exhibited
at the Art Center in Mount
Clemens through May 29.
The Art Center exhibit
focuses on the brightly col-
ored abstract designs on
which Mr. Redstone has con-
centrated since 1960, as well
as travel sketches of earlier
years.
Available at the Art Center
will be a first-time offering of
Redstone monographs. The
\I series of 22 8"x10" watercolor
paintings, completed from
1965-1991, is suitable for
framing.
The Art Center is located at
125 Macomb Place (M-3
southbound at North
Avenue). For information, call
469-8666.
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A major Detroit area bank asked us to assist them with
an estate collection. The top offer they had received was
just $7,500. We liquidated the collection in less than two
weeks for over $30,000!
Because we work on a consignment basis, the more
dollars we can get for our clients the better we do ourselves.
If you are interested in receiving top dollar for your collec-
tibles, call for a free consultation today.
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