PERSIMMON-ORANGE Ü-KERAMIK FAT LAVA VASE Nr. 1438/30 DOUGLAS In 1939 Henri Matisse and

In 1939 Henri Matisse and his wife of 41 years separated

Period – 1980s

in the heart of the Kannenbäckerland in central Germany

LESLIE SHERMAN was a noted Beat Generation painter active in San Francisco in the mid-20th century

and was succeeded by his brother

PERSIMMON-ORANGE Ü-KERAMIK FAT LAVA VASE Nr. 1438/30 DOUGLAS In 1939 Henri Matisse andA tall, rectangular, persimmon orange vase from Keramik that transitions at the shoulder to a round neck and mouth covered with a thick and bubbly, metallic fat lava drip glaze with shades of butterscotch and gunmetal. KERAMIK (aka BELACKER) began as a tin foundry in 1909 in the small town of Ransbach Baumbach in the southwest German state of Rhineland Palatinate. Master tinsmith Johann belacker initially produced simple pewterware, but he was soon