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THBLouis Mendez - Little Devil Teapot
About Seller
77 Bleecker Street, C2-18
New York, NY 10012
United States
CITYarts, Inc. is a nonprofit public arts and education organization recreated in 1989 by Executive and Creative Director Tsipi Ben-Haim after its predecessor, Cityarts Workshop, closed down in 1988. With a new name and a new mission, Tsipi Ben-Haim wanted the voices of our youth to be heard. She cr...Read more
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Buy NowJul 4, 2024 - Aug 5, 2024
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- Lot Description
Late 1990s
10x14"Louis Mendez was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan of Puerto Rican, Spanish and Irish heritage. In the mid-1930s, his family moved to Goshen, NY, where his high school teachers recognized his unusual talent in drawing and sculpture. Louis went on to earn BFA ('52) and MFA ('54) degrees from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. As a student, Louis drove into Manhattan with his newly minted pottery, which he sold to clients like Paul Secon, the founder of the Pottery Barn, to finance his education. By the early 1960s he had added Georg Jensen, America House, Pottery of All Nations and Holland House to his client list. From the 1960s onward his output included masks, wall-reliefs, mosaics, and freestanding sculptures both large and small. Louis is best known for largely figurative ceramic sculpture inspired by a consistent esthetic allied to both the ancient origins of cultures and a modernist treatment of forms and surfaces.
https://www.louismendez.com/
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