This Week we are offering this beautiful Turned Norfolk Pine Bowl “FL” from the exclusive Ron Kent Collection. This bowl is a one of a kind creation by world renowned Arts and Crafts artist Ron Kent. This uniquely designed bowl measures 7 inches tall and 16 inches in diameter. Each turned wood vessel requires over 80 coats of natural oil soaking over several months to finish.
Ron is one of America’s most important minimalist artists, and his work is highly sought after. He is currently collected by over 75 major museums and public collections including the following:
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Louvre (Musée des Arts Decoratifs), Paris
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The White House Permanent Collection (Clinton Library)
Smithsonian Institution:
S.A.A.M. (Renwick Gallery), Washington, D.C.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
American Craft Museum, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Yale University Art Gallery
Newark Museum
Mobile Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Mint Museum of Art + Design, Charlotte, NC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Arizona State University, Tempe
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum
Oakland Museum, California
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Hawaii State Art Museum
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Chas. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI (Racine Art Museum, Racine)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Denver Museum, Colorado
The Toledo Museum, Ohio
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor
Fuller Craft Museum, Brocton, MA
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St.Joseph, MO (undocumented)
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu
det Danske Kunstindustrimusee, Copenhagen Hawke’s Bay Cultural Trust, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS OF WORK
1995 Dr. Thomas Klestil, President, Republic of Austria, by J. Hans Strasser, Consul General of Austria in Hawai’i
1994 Emperor Akihito of Japan by Kensaku Hogen, Consul General of Japan in Hawai’i, and the Japan-America Society
1993 President William Jefferson Clinton, by Congressman Neil Abercrombie
1990 President George H.W. Bush, by Congresswoman Patricia Saiki
1987 His Holiness Pope John Paul II, by Drs. Roger and Maria Brault
1985 Crown Prince Hitachi of Jan, by Hawaii Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Senator Daniel Inouye, by Hawaii Democrat Party
H.R.H. Sultan Iskandar of Johor, Agong, Malaysia
1984 President Ronald Reagan, by Hawaii Republican Party
Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, by the University of Hawai’i School of Law
1983 Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, by the University of Hawai’i School of Law
1981 Governor Hikaru Kamei, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, by the Hawaii State Senate
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