Robert Sperry | Also Known As: Robert H. Sperry
Sheila Tarshis is best known for functional stoneware pottery, decorated with colorful glaze and slip trailing in the form of dots, swirls and lines.
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- Biography
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Sheila Tarshis is best known for functional stoneware pottery, decorated with colorful glaze and slip trailing in the form of dots, swirls and lines.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1954
Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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1955-1982
Faculty, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Other
- Public Collections
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Washington State University Museum, Pullman, Washington
Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
- Bibliography
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Rupp, James. Art in Seattle's Public Places. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1992.
Peterson, Susan. The Art & Craft of Clay. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1990.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1989.
Levin, Elaine. History of American Ceramics. New York, NY: Abrams, 1988.
Kangas, Matthew. Robert Sperry: A Retrospective. Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Art Museum, 1985.
______________ . Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss. Pomona, CA: American Museum of Ceramic Art, 2009.
Kelly, Jeff. Potters and Prints. Ketchum, ID: Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, 1985.
McTwiggen, Michael. Surface and Form: A Union of Polarities in Contemporary Ceramics. Pomona, CA: National Museum of Ceramic Art, 1989.
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- Website(s)
Citation: Robert Sperry, "The Marks Project."
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