(17) Manner Of Lisa Kay Orr Studio Art Pottery Punch Service

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(lot of 17) Contemporary studio art majolica-glazed pottery punch service, in the manner of Lisa Kay Orr (Texas, b.1960), each adorned with polychrome slip work and various relief-molded organic forms, unsigned, including: (1) covered punch bowl/ jar, with pierced foliate finial, rising on tapered body, approx 17"h, 10.5"diam; (16) footed cups, approx 3"h, 5"w, 3 5/8"d, 19.25lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.