The first products were made here between 1946 and 1947
In 1951 Gerharz went to work at RUSCHA KERAMIK as operations manager and lead ceramist
His hedgehog ashtrays were reproduced by many forgers in various countries and with varying degrees of precision
In a laudatory speech for the artist's 85th birthday
and continuing through the mid 70s
LEFT-HAND DIPTYCH PANEL BY WILLIS FRANKLIN WOODS (1950s) ART013 The first products were madeThe tall left hand panel of a diptych that was originally titled, in its entirety, Movement, the sophomore work of WILLIS FRANKLIN WOODS (1920 1988), a Washington, D. C., artist and an accomplished museum administrator. A colorful yet sober montage of cubist abstractions, with overtones of Midwest Futurism, the acrylic is a casual jumble of forms. However, its seeming artlessness belies an acuity of execution, with sgraffito and sponging adding