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Decorative Arts
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The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection
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![Untitled [Head]](http://www.mfah.org/images/art/art2257.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Larocque, Canadian, born 1953 , Untitled [Head], 1996, 2007.931
The MFAH, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
© Jean-Pierre Larocque
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio amassed one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary ceramics in the world. The collection includes objects which date from 1940 to the present and holds more than 375 international works. Asian, African, and Latin American artists are represented in the collection, but European and American artists form the core of its holdings. In-depth surveys of artists such as Ken Ferguson, Marek Cecula, Ruth Duckworth, Laszlo Fekete, Anne Kraus, Richard Notkin, Akio Takamori, Beatrice Wood, Betty Woodman and others demonstrate the range of artistic expression within the field and over the course of an artist´s career. Additionally, the collection contains work by artists who are primarily known for sculpture and painting but who also worked in clay, such as Arman, Sir Anthony Caro, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucio Fontana, and Claes Oldenburg.
A diverse range of aesthetics can be seen in the collection. Functional vessels, abstract and sculptural forms, and narrative works broaden traditional ideas about ceramics as an art form. Installations, prints and drawings by many of the artists, and work with roots in industrial design are also important subsets to the overall collection.
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