Mary Tuthill Lindheim: Art & Inspiration is the first book on Lindheim, an American sculptor, ceramist, and teacher (1912-2004) who was a creative force in the Bay Area during the 1950s and 1960s, a period of growth and innovation in Bay Area studio craft.
The book features a foreword, three essays spanning her career, artistic range and social activism; an illustrated chronology, passages of her writing, bios of contemporaries, bibliography and index.
From the Foreword:
“Lindheim's work provides a wonderful overview of California ceramics from the 1930s through the 1960s. This was a period of great change, and while Lindheim's name is not among those typically mentioned, she nonetheless played an important role. From her figural sculpture in terra cotta to her devotion to the vessel and experimentation in the decades that followed, Lindheim was a voice of this revolutionary era."
– Julie M. Muñiz, formerly Imogene Gieling Curator of Craft and Decorative Arts, Oakland Museum of California
From Reviews:
"This ambitious introductory text . . . is both an advancement to understanding the history of Northern California ceramics and an homage to Mary Tuthill Lindheim.”
– Nancy M. Servis, curator, artist, former Executive Director, Richmond Art Center, CA
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"Lindheim’s bowls, vases, candelabras and painting-like wall dividers . . . both embody the era in which they were created and transcend it.”
– DeWitt Cheng, artist, curator, and art writerPublication details:
MARY TUTHILL LINDHEIM: ART AND INSPIRATION
ISBN 9780918684837
Publication date: November 2010
Published and distributed by Cameron + Company, Inc. in Petaluma, California
Editor: Abby Wasserman
Essays by Maria Porges, Abby Wasserman and Aram Fischer
Foreword by Julie Muñiz
Design: Lesley Gasparetti
10 x 12-in. paperback with flaps
196 pagesIllustrations: 172 color, 99 black-and-white
$32
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