TheartistBeatriceWood,bornin1893,livedandworkeduntiltheageof105.ShewasknownvariouslyastheMamaofDadaandtheQueenofLuster.In1917shewaspartoftheavant-gardeDadamovementinNewYork.Bythemid-1950sshehadbecomealeadingpractitionerofluster-glazedceramics.Woodmovedfrombeingadebutantetojoiningoneofthemostbohemiancirclesofherday.Herworkplayedwithsexuality,butheraestheticwasoftenmorecomicthanerotic.Nowfeaturedinoveronehundredmuseumsacrosstheworld,Woodisoftenquotedforherrecipetoalonglife:“artbooks,chocolates,andyoungmen.“Thisbookcontainsacollectionofrisqu矇drawingsthatdocumentanintimaterelationshipsheenjoyedwithamarriedcouple,JackandRheaCase,inOjai,California,duringthe1950sand1960s.ThecollectionwaslateracquiredbyBetsyRossRowland,whohassponsoredthislimited-editionbooktobenefittheceramicseducationalprogramsofthenonprofitCFileFoundation.
