Odysseus figure

 

Vlastimil Květenský, Carlsbad, Bohemia, before 1980

 

Fired clay, painted with tin and iron glaze.

90 × 65 cm

UMP 23231

 

A work by a potter from western Bohemia who turned his intense focus and experience towards ceramic surface treatment techniques for his objects. Carrying a poetic message, his works are characterised by alternating colours and structures, matte and gloss, folds and coarseness.