Robert Winokur - Vessel

15 in x 8 in

This tall, handled stoneware vessel features a gorgeous array of green glazes, from the color of soft moss to a deeper verdant. Winokur's love of salt glaze is on full display here, with a mottled surface that Helen Drutt English described as "succulent." The form is hand-built in three sections Winokur left visible, each with its own unique combination of shapes, colors, and textures.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Winokur (1933-2020) received his BFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and his MFA from New York State College of Ceramics. In 1966, Winkour returned to Tyler, this time as professor of ceramics, and also department chair from 1988-1991. He retired in 2005 as professor emeritus.

Winokur's practice evolved over the years, with stylized house forms being a recurrent subject. He considered their physical and metaphorical space as vessels themselves. His life-long commitment to the vessel as both a functional and communicative form resulted in a body of work that evokes powerful emotions while retaining a sense of familiarity and comfort.

Robert and his wife Paula maintained a shared ceramics studio for more than 50 years-half being the porcelain or "light" side and the other the stoneware or "dark" side, according to Paula in a 2013 interview produced by the James A. Michener Art Museum. Their working relationship was a testament to shared creativity and support. The Clay Studio is honored to bring works from both Winokurs to auction for Mud Ball 2024.

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