California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
By Bill Stern
Photographs by Peter Brenner
Published by Chronicle Books, 2001
$22.95

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name, California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism is a guide to the cultural forces that shaped this influential movement and the talented designers who created it. The book covers not only the dishware we have come to associate with California, but also garden wares, decorative tiles, and architectural elements. It tells the story of commercial California pottery from the decorative Arts and Crafts period at the beginning of the century through the elegant Modernism of the '40s and '50s.

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We are pleased to announce that this publication is featured in PRINT Magazine's 2002 Design Annual. The Design Annual selects the most creative and compelling print communications produced in the United States in a given year and organizes the presentation of the materials by geographic region. California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism, designed by Laura Lovett, is featured among other outstanding work produced by California designers in 2002.

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Barbara Willis: Classic California Modernism
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