Michael Cohen (American, b. 1936) Sculptural Ceramic Mirror (ca. 1970, Signed)
Sculptural Mirror by Michael Cohen (ca. 1970, Signed). Ceramic mirror sculpture with wave design. Stamped on the back with the artist’s name and location. In very good condition with some wear conducive with age.
Size: 26”H x 16.25”W x 3”D
Michael Cohen
1936 Born, Boston, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1957 BFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1957 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, Maine
Although most of Michael Cohen’s work is functional pottery, at the age of 59 he made a series of sculptural figures influenced by images drawn from Egyptian art. His interest in clay emerged from a required class in ceramics with Charles Abbott during his sophomore year at Mass Art. Abbott was a production potter and Cohen found he liked the repetition involved in making functional work.In 1961 Cohen opened his studio in Newton, Massachusetts making stoneware tablewares and, occasionally, sculptures. Shortly after, he moved to a larger shared space with fellow potter William Wyman, Herring Run Pottery in East Weymouth. Since 1973, Cohen has been working at a large studio in Amherst, Massachusetts focused primarily on tile making with his son. In 1997 he designed a line of tiles that became so popular that he stopped making any other work. Cohen and his former wife, Harriet, were the first wholesalers of studio pottery to have an order blank, resulting in a major shift in the way buyers purchased crafts.
Public Collections
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Jack Lenor Collection, Longhouse Foundation, Easthampton, New York
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Objects USA, Johnson Collection, Racine, Wisconsin
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sculptural Mirror by Michael Cohen (ca. 1970, Signed). Ceramic mirror sculpture with wave design. Stamped on the back with the artist’s name and location. In very good condition with some wear conducive with age.
Size: 26”H x 16.25”W x 3”D
Michael Cohen
1936 Born, Boston, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1957 BFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1957 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, Maine
Although most of Michael Cohen’s work is functional pottery, at the age of 59 he made a series of sculptural figures influenced by images drawn from Egyptian art. His interest in clay emerged from a required class in ceramics with Charles Abbott during his sophomore year at Mass Art. Abbott was a production potter and Cohen found he liked the repetition involved in making functional work.In 1961 Cohen opened his studio in Newton, Massachusetts making stoneware tablewares and, occasionally, sculptures. Shortly after, he moved to a larger shared space with fellow potter William Wyman, Herring Run Pottery in East Weymouth. Since 1973, Cohen has been working at a large studio in Amherst, Massachusetts focused primarily on tile making with his son. In 1997 he designed a line of tiles that became so popular that he stopped making any other work. Cohen and his former wife, Harriet, were the first wholesalers of studio pottery to have an order blank, resulting in a major shift in the way buyers purchased crafts.
Public Collections
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Jack Lenor Collection, Longhouse Foundation, Easthampton, New York
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Objects USA, Johnson Collection, Racine, Wisconsin
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sculptural Mirror by Michael Cohen (ca. 1970, Signed). Ceramic mirror sculpture with wave design. Stamped on the back with the artist’s name and location. In very good condition with some wear conducive with age.
Size: 26”H x 16.25”W x 3”D
Michael Cohen
1936 Born, Boston, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1957 BFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1957 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, Maine
Although most of Michael Cohen’s work is functional pottery, at the age of 59 he made a series of sculptural figures influenced by images drawn from Egyptian art. His interest in clay emerged from a required class in ceramics with Charles Abbott during his sophomore year at Mass Art. Abbott was a production potter and Cohen found he liked the repetition involved in making functional work.In 1961 Cohen opened his studio in Newton, Massachusetts making stoneware tablewares and, occasionally, sculptures. Shortly after, he moved to a larger shared space with fellow potter William Wyman, Herring Run Pottery in East Weymouth. Since 1973, Cohen has been working at a large studio in Amherst, Massachusetts focused primarily on tile making with his son. In 1997 he designed a line of tiles that became so popular that he stopped making any other work. Cohen and his former wife, Harriet, were the first wholesalers of studio pottery to have an order blank, resulting in a major shift in the way buyers purchased crafts.
Public Collections
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Jack Lenor Collection, Longhouse Foundation, Easthampton, New York
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Objects USA, Johnson Collection, Racine, Wisconsin
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
