Laurence McGowan Painted Dish (England 2009)

LAURENCE MCGOWAN (born 1942)

Stoneware

38.00cm diameter ( 14.96 inches in diameter)

Laurence McGowan painted stoneware flared dish 2009 decorated with fish and words from Stephen Spender's poem 'Word' "The word bites like a fish, Shall I throw it back free, Arrowing to the sea, Where thoughts lash tail and fin? Or shall I put it in, To rhyme upon a dish?" Further fish decoration on the underside. Artists monogram to base.