Charles Fergus Binns : the father of American studio ceramics : including a catalogue raisonné / Margaret Carney ; with essays by Paul Evans, Susan Strong, Richard Zakin.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Hudson Hills Press, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 254 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN:- 1555951449 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1555951457 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 738.092 BIN
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Charles Fergus Binns was born in England and trained at Royal Worcester. Soon after he moved to the US becaming founding director of the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics. This volume reproduces Binn's vases and bowls in colour and documents his works in a catalogue raisonne.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred University, Apr. 18-July 23, 1998 and six other institutions between Sept. 9, 1998 and Oct. 8, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-243) and index.
Introduction / Margaret Carney -- Colorplates -- Binns before Alfred : 1857-1900 / Margaret Carney -- "The searching flame" : Charles Fergus Binns and the origins of Alfred's College of Ceramics / Susan R. Strong -- Context and theory : Binns as the father of American studio ceramics / Paul Evans -- Technical aspects of the work of Charles Fergus Binns / Richard Zakin -- Oriental reflections ; Catalogue raisonné ; Exhibition history / Margaret Carney -- The students of Binns : Arthur E. Baggs / Martin Eidelberg -- Ruth E. Canfield / Margaret Carney -- R. Guy Cowan / Cleota Reed -- Paul E. Cox / Susan Russo -- Paul Vickers Gardner / Margaret Adams Rasmussen -- Maija Grotell / Judy Dyki -- Charles M. Harder / Margaret Carney -- Elizabeth Gray Overbeck and the Overbeck pottery ; Adelaide Alsop Robineau / Richard Zakin -- Mary Chase Perry Stratton / Melanie Bazil -- Frederick E. Walrath / Bruce A. Austin -- The Binns Medal / Margaret Carney.