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Order Number	00067953
Title	Peter Shire, L.A. artist
Photographer	Leonard, Gary.
Collection ID	Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b1_f2_i8; A-009-232 4x5
Date	1984
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Description	Peter Shire shows his molding and shaping technique on this slab of clay, which might possibly become one of his famous teapots. He is known for his revolutionary, sculptural, geometric interpretation of the traditional teapot, using sun-bleached pastel glazes, uncanny angles, and a jumbled collage of parts. Although he has ventured into architecture, furniture, fashion and painting, Shire keeps returning to ceramics. His paintings are done on slabs of clay in ceramic glazes, focusing exclusively on his life in Echo Park; he has made over 500 of these painted tiles. In addition to this work, Shire has done various commissions for public places and private buildings throughout Los Angeles as well as other cities, states, and countries. Solo exhibitions have appeared in places like Las Vegas, Seattle, Hawaii, Chicago, Washington D.C., Italy; and museum exhibitions have appeared in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and as far as Israel, Japan, London, Germany. Photograph dated February 16, 1984.
Subject	Shire, Peter. Ceramic teapots. Ceramics--California--Los Angeles. Artists--United States. Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Internal Notes	There are two smaller additional prints.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection