Michael Lucero (American, b. 1953), Female Ohr Santo (Reclamation Series)

1994, glazed and hand-painted ceramic, carved and painted wood, signed and dated to the central 'head' underside. Included with the Lot is an autographed hardcover copy of the artist's catalogue raisonné from the Mint Museum titled Michael Lucero: Sculpture 1976-1995. The artwork offered is published on page 139.

48 1/4 x 15 x 7 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Michael Lucero was born in Tracy, California and earned a Bachelor of Art degree from Humboldt State University in 1975, and an Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. Soon after, he settled in New York and taught briefly at New York University as well as the Parsons School of Design. In the late 1980s, he turned from polychrome clay to cast metal and then began to incorporate both mediums. Generally he sees his work as "reverence for high art, affection for folk art, nostalgia for nature, and curiosity about other cultures."

His work is included in private collections and some of the most important museum collections in the USA and abroad including the Museum of Art + Design, New York NY; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea; The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA.

Good estate condition.