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Saturday, 16 March 2013

Eye of the Beholder

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
A 5-sided cubist stoneware plate created by the ever animated Mari Simmulson for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, circa 1950s. Her figures are almost always female, however this is so abstract as to be quite masculine at the same time. I guess it's up to the viewer to decide.  Gorgeous colors from daffodil yellow, to robins egg blue, minty green, and a lovely lavender rim.
Approximately 9" x 6"

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