Architectural Pottery
American, 1950
Max Lawrence was a successful meatpacker whose appreciation of midcentury modern design led him to co-found Architectural Pottery, an influential Los Angeles company that produced sculptural planters and urns coveted by collectors today.
Lawrence founded Architectural Pottery in 1950 with his wife, Rita, whose business and aesthetic savvy helped the company thrive for more than three decades. Showcasing the talents of potters such as David Cressey, John Follis and Rex Goode, they sold their creations to the vanguard of the modernist architecture movement that took root in Southern California in the post- World War II era.
The hallmarks of Architectural Pottery were graceful, geometrically shaped vessels, devoid of ornamentation and often large in scale. Radical for their time, their pure forms — cylinders, cones, bullets, gourds and totems — startled the eye in 1950s America, where fat-lipped terra-cotta pots had been the standard for generations.
Architectural Pottery Planters
Lawrence founded Architectural Pottery in 1950 with his wife, Rita, whose business and aesthetic savvy helped the company thrive for more than three decades. Showcasing the talents of potters such as David Cressey, John Follis and Rex Goode, they sold their creations to the vanguard of the modernist architecture movement that took root in Southern California in the post- World War II era.
The hallmarks of Architectural Pottery were graceful, geometrically shaped vessels, devoid of ornamentation and often large in scale. Radical for their time, their pure forms — cylinders, cones, bullets, gourds and totems — startled the eye in 1950s America, where fat-lipped terra-cotta pots had been the standard for generations.
Architectural Pottery Planters
Architectural Pottery
Architectural Pottery LaGardo Tackett Model T-120
H 20 in W 10 in DIA 10 in
$ 1,900
Sold
Architectural Pottery
Malcolm Leland Chalice Planter, Architectural Pottery, 1960s
H 16 in DIA 13 in
$ 2,950
Architectural Pottery
David Cressey Unglazed ‘Cheerio’ Ceramic Planter for Architectural Pottery
H 20 in W 20 in DIA 16 in
$ 3,200
Sold
Architectural Pottery
Pair of Malcolm Leland Planters for Architectural Pottery, USA, 1960s
H 13 in W 11 in D 13 in
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