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Theo Schoon, Len Castle & Steve…
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Auckland
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4-Nov-2024
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Theo Schoon, Len Castle & Steve Rumsey rare and important press moulded stoneware dish, decorated with impressed Theo Schoon stamp designs, signed with incised initials TS to the base and with affixed label from Steve Rumsey. 275 x 27.5 cm. Note: This dish was a creative collaboration between Steve Rumsey, Len Castle and Theo Schoon. In 1984 Theo Schoon was living in Mangere in a retirement home, weak and frail as a result of emphysema. This dish was formed by Steve Rumsey from a Len Castle mould then given to Schoon who, sitting cross legged in bed, decorated the dish with his impressed stamp designs. After firing, the dish was rubbed with manganese dioxide and fired by Steve Rumsey in his electric kiln. A similar dish is held in the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. Illustrated: New Zealand Potter, Volume No. 27, No. 2 1985, p. 19 - 21. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Steve Rumsey. Collection of Pat O'Connor. Purchased from Art+Object, 22 February 2018, Lot No. 462. Then collection of Christine Fernyhough.
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