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Two Michael Cohen (b.1936) Studio Pottery Incense Holders, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 2000, rectangular slabs with white, green, and blue glaze, each with three pockets to receive incense sticks and hole for hanging, impressed artist's marks, ht. 7, wd. 2 in. Note: For over 50 years Michael Cohen has been a professional potter making functional stoneware bowls, mugs, and trays. In 1957, he received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art then studied at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine. In 1959 Cohen completed a fellowship at Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1961, Cohen opened his studio in Newton, Massachusetts, making stoneware tableware and, occasionally, sculptures. Shortly after, he moved to a larger shared space with fellow potter William Wyman, Herring Run Pottery, in East Weymouth. His work can be found in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Design Collection, NYC, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC, Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.