Karen Karnes (1925-2016)
Karen Karnes
Blue Sculptural Forms, Pair
Stoneware
Form 1 (left): 8.5 x 9.5"
Form 2 (right): 9.5 x 11
KK014
Karen Karnes
Four Pieces, Light with Blue, 2012
Stoneware
6.25h x 8.50w x 6d in
KK012
Karen Karnes
Slit Vessel with Lacquered Lid, 1986
Stoneware
8h x 13w x 13d in
KK008
Karen Karnes
Winged Vessel, Lidded, 2003 (from provate collection)
Stoneware
Framed: 7.50h x 21w x 12d in
KK025
Karen Karnes
Green Double Necked Vase
Porcelain
8.25h x 7.50w x 5.50d in
KK019
SOLD
Karen Karnes
Vessel, Tan and White, 2005
Stoneware
8h x 9w x 9d in
KK004
Karen Karnes
Tan and White Figurative Vessel, 2010
Porcelain salt glazed
14h x 12w x 9.50d in
KK016
Karen Karnes
Four Joined Pale
(Show Card)
Stoneware
5.25h x 7.50w x 5.50d in
KK024
Karen Karnes
Covered Form w/Floating Cover, 1981
Stoneware
5h x 16w in
KK006
Karen Karnes
Large Lidded Jar
Provenance, through Garth Clark
Stoneware
11.50h x 16w in
KK007
Karen Karnes
Wide Lidded Vessel, 1980's
Stoneware
11h x 14w in
KK017
Karen Karnes
Untitled,1981
Lidded Vessel from Garth Clark Gallery
exhibition and catalogue 2004, 1981
Stoneware
11.50h x 10.50w in
KK005
Karen Karnes
Tallest Lidded Jar
from Karen's kitchen, survived the fire, 1982
Stoneware
21h x 15w x 15d in
KK011
Karen Karnes
Untitled, 2002
Three Tall Forms, from Garth Clark Gallery
exhibition and catalogue 2004, 2002
Stoneware, Wood-fired
Left: 18 x 4.25"
Middle: 16.5 x 3.75"
Right: 20 x 4.25"
KK003
Karen Karnes
Single Spouted Vase
Stoneware, wood-fired with salt
7.50h x 3.50w x 3.50d in
KK022
Karen Karnes
Three Pointed Sculpture
Stoneware
8h x 4.25w x 4.25d in
KK020
Karen Karnes
Navajo Sculpture
Stoneware, Wood-fired
5.50h x 8w x 7d in
KK021
Karen Karnes
Close Friends with Mark Shapiro, 2013
Stoneware
8.25h x 7w x 4.25d in
KK027
Karen Karnes
2 Dark 1 Light with Mark Shapiro, 2013
Stoneware
9h x 8w x 6.50d in
KK029
Karen Karnes
Five Dancing Forms with Mark Shapiro, 2013
Stoneware, wood fired with salt
7.50h x 8.50w x 9d in
KK028
Karen Karnes, a modernist artist, was inspired by the Bauhaus. She was the resident potter at Black Mountain College; an integral part of the Gate Hill Community; and a friend of John Cage, Merce Cunningham and M. C. Richards. Karnes had an inclusive, collaborative spirit evidenced by her curation of clay shows around the country where she introduced young potters to the public, making ceramics available to wider audiences.