Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak
Photo: John Polak

Vase

USA, 2000
Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Malcolm Davis | 1937 – Present

John Albert Murphy is best known for slip cast porcelain vessels with distinct surface pattern designs of black and white stripes. Murphy bisque fires his work, then outlines and creates the patterns, using masking tape and colored slips applied using a ?pointillist? painting technique. Throughout his career, however, he has employed many forming methods including throwing, hand-building and press-molding.

Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection

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