Large 1960's Victor Babu Pottery Jar

7.5" tall x 8" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations, very substantial piece. Victor Babu (Albanian-American, b. 1936 - d. 2019) This piece was acquired while Victor was teaching at the University of Texas. Victor Babu received both his BFA and MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York. He began his teaching career in the ceramics department at the University of Texas, Austin. He left Texas in 1968 at the invitation of his Alfred graduate student mentor Ken Ferguson to join the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute. Together, and with George Timock’s help beginning in 1973, they built the ceramics program at KCAI into one of the top undergraduate programs in the United States. Babu retired from KCAI in 2001.