George Ohr: The Greatest Art Potter on Earth

by Ohr-O Keefe Museum of Art and Eugene Hecht

The definitive and most up-to-date volume on the celebrated Biloxi artist, who was the most revolutionary art potter of his time. Called the Mad Potter of Biloxi, the Apostle of Individuality, and the self-proclaimed Greatest Art Potter on Earth, George Edgar Ohr (1857-1918) transformed wheel-thrown pots into ceramic works that were far ahead of their time. Though the unprecedented shapes and idiosyncratic glazes of Ohr's creations were ridiculed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847841170
• ISBN13: 9780847841172
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.8" x 11.0"