Esoteric Survey

John Mason: Sculpture 1958 - 1964 Curated by Frank Lloyd at Kayne Griffin Corcoran

Vase, 1958
The other side of the same vase
Peter Voulkos, John Mason, and Paul Soldner at Otis Art Institute in 1956. Peter and John would share a studio space just a couple years later. 
Image courtesy of Soldner Enterprises and Stephanie Soldner Sullivan via Getty.edu
John Mason installation at the Ferus Gallery patio, 1957. This was the first of two Mason solo exhibitions held at the gallery.
Mason at Ferus in 1959
Source: The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin
Mason at work in 1960
Source: Photo: Robert Blacknum viaKayne Griffin Corcoran
1960

"Statement Piece: Erik Gronborg and Ehren Tool”  at the ASU Art Museum Brickyard / Ceramics Research Center
The Gronborg section
 Gronborg
 Gronborg with Ehren Tool in the background. Right before this, a mysterious person came out of a back room to tell the docent on duty to tell me that I couldn't take photos with my camera. I could only use my phone. Anyway, the rest of the photos of the Gronborg pieces and all of the Ehren Tool pieces came out so bad that I didn't post them. It's always better in person anyway. The exhibition runs through November 21st. Robert Arneson
Here are the blurry images of the museum's permanent collection. 
Jun Kaneko
Takaezu Toshiko
There were a number of these Karen Karnes ceramic chairs around the gallery
Marilyn Levine clay bag
Peter Voulkos says hi
This Soleri bell was donated by Ben goo
Hans Coper. They have a ton of Lucie Rie on display too.
June Kaneko
Henry Takemoto
Ken Price

Iron
More iron
Clay

Ceramics by Tony Hill (1908-1975) Hill was a noted Africa American artist who studied ceramics under Glen Lukens at USC. He ran a successful ceramics studio in Los Angles that was in business for over 30 years. His bio in A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturersdescribes him as a prominent member of the Los Angeles African American artistic circle and a role model for younger artists in the community, including John W. Outterbridge. Ads for his company were a common sight in Arts & Architecture magazine in the 1950s. Considering his notoriety and time in business, it would be expected that more of his work would show up on the secondary market, but examples seems scarce.  Source: Arts & Architecture, 1952
Source: Jet Magazine, 1953
An ultra-modern home in 1953 sounds good. I wonder who the architect was? 
Tony Hill
Tony Hill
Source: Jet Magazine, 1957
Source: Arts & Architecture, 1952
Source: Jet, 1954 In a another 1954 Jet article it states…