Ishmael Soto(1932-2017) Austin Texas Studio Pottery Brutalist Abstract Sculptur

Brutalist Ishmael Soto Austin Texas Studio Pottery Abstract Sculptural Vessel 11" tall, very substatial piece. This and a few other pieces I'll be listing are from the estate of local listed artist Jeanette Welty Chelf who was a longtime friend of Soto's going back to his years at the University of Texas. This piece has no cracks, chips, or restorations but does have a firing flaw going down half of the side which does not penetrate the interior, the interior is glazed, it holds water. Below is an excerpt from the artists eulogy. This is a good vintage piece from a local Austin estate. Ishmael Soto, longtime Austin ceramicist and teacher, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 84. “Ishmael’s passing is a loss for us all in the community,” said Sylvia Orozco, director of Mexic-Arte Museum. “He was a great human being, teacher and artist. Ishmael was one of the first, if not the first Mexican-American Austinite to become a professional visual artist.” Artist and teacher Ishmael Soto died Feb. 27 at age 84. Contributed by Tahila Mintz Soto won many prizes and was exhibited frequently in group and solo shows. A native Austinite, Soto earned his first degree from the University of Texas and his second from the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His 57th Annual Potters Show and Sale took place in December 2016. He taught ceramics at UT for seven years — one of the first Hispanics to teach in the art department — then at St. Edward’s Universi