Color and fire : defining moments in studio ceramics, 1950-2000 ; selections from the Smits collection and related works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Jo Lauria ; with contributions by Gretchen Adkins...[et al]

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and three other institutions between June 4, 2000 and Oct. 2, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.

Mapping the history of a collection: defining moments in ceramics at LACMA / Jo Lauria -- Ceramics in the West: the explosion of the 1950s / Susan Peterson -- Otis and Berkeley: crucibles of the American clay revolution / Garth Clark -- Figurative impulse in contemporary ceramics / Peter Selz -- Better living through tea: contemporary artists investigate the teapot and teacup / Rebecca Niederlander -- Gwen Laurie Smits: tribute to a collector / Gretchen Adkins.