Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1970s, One of Two utilitarian pottery Really a wonderful thing

Really a wonderful thing

great artist Joyce Pensato

4 1/2" tall x 2 3/4" in diameter

but most of these temple toys date from the late 1800s through the early 1900s and I would guess the same on this one

with additional colorful abstract forms

Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1970s, One of Two utilitarian pottery Really a wonderful thingI knew when I found this drawing (and a second listed separately) sent as a Christmas card to artist Lois Gross Smiley, at whose estate sale I found itthat it was somethingand I was right! This is the work of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892 1984), a major figure in the emergence of American modernism. Vytlacil co founded the American Abstract Artist Group, the predecessor of the New York School Abstract Expressionism, and his now highly valued paintings are in