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Letter from Bernard Leach to Warren and Alix MacKenzie, Sept. 1961

BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979), letter to potters Warren and Alix MacKenzie, September 25, 1961, 1 p.

Leach describes his travels in Japan with potter Shoji Hamada and philosopher Soetsu Yanagi. In 1949 the MacKenzies studied with Leach in England at Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall.

After living with Leach for two years and absorbing his methods, they returned to the United States. Warren MacKenzie lectured at the University of Minnesota and they established a pottery studio in a farmhouse. Warren threw pots and Alix decorated them. She died in 1962. 

Warren MacKenzie letters from Bernard and Janet Leach, 1960-1966. Gift of Warren MacKenzie, 1985.

Bernard Leach to Warren MacKenzie, 1961 Sept. 25. Letter. 24 x 17 cm. Warren MacKenzie letters from Bernard and Janet Leach, 1960-1966. Archives of American Art.