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Robert Bennett
American
(1952–2003)
Bottle
circa 1980
Porcelain
8.5 x 3.25 x 3.25 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
1984.1033
Robert Bennett’s Bottle is a fine example of the artist’s wheel-thrown porcelain work. The modest-sized vessel has a narrow foot and gracefully curving walls, which expand outward and contract to a slender, delicate neck, creating an almondlike shape. The piece is glazed in a rich amber color with blooms of blue and purple crystals that complement and accentuate the elegant form of the bottle.
Born in American Fork, Utah, in 1952, Bennett received a bachelor’s degree in art education from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He went on to be a production potter as well as a designer and builder of high-fire electric kilns. Bennett is best known for wheel-thrown, functional pottery that is simple in form yet complex in surface, through his mastery of crystalline glazes. These glazes require precise firing schedules to allow the signature crystal formations to grow within the glaze, producing large blooms with vivid hues of various colors.
Ayla Murray
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Unearthed , 8/23/2022 - 5/14/2023
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