FRANKOMA Pottery Willard Stone 101 Rubbed Bisque Native American Maiden w Rabbit

The FRANKOMA Pottery Willard Stone 101 Rubbed Bisque Native American Maiden with Rabbit figurine is a vintage piece from the mid-20th century. This art pottery sculpture, standing at 12", is signed W Stone and features a brown matte finish. Made in Oklahoma, this original piece showcases the craftsmanship and style of the era.

A sculptor, Willard Stone, one-quarter Cherokee ancestry, was born February 29, 1916, at Oktaha, near Muskogee, Oklahoma, and educated in Oktaha public schools. He credited his career as an artist to the influence of Oklahoma historian Grant Foreman, who saw Stone's early efforts exhibited at state fairs in Muskogee and Okmulgee and encouraged him to enroll in art classes at Bacone College. There he subsequently studied under Acee Blue Eagle and Woodrow Crumbo. Stone attended Bacone College from 1936 to 1939. From 1948 to 1951 he worked for Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa oilman and art collector. Stone established a permanent studio near Locust Grove.

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