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Ernest Cabat (July 7, 1914 – November 9, 1994) was an American artist.

Cabat studied art formally in New York in the 1920 and early 1930s, before starting a decades-long career in advertising, ceramics and painting. He worked in Manhattan for a number of significant advertising firms and industrial design studios, before moving to Tucson, Arizona, in 1942. In Arizona, he and Norval Gill established the Cabat-Gill Advertising Agency.

The firm's work created and influenced the regional and charming mid-century brand of Arizona and the southwest. The firm developed and managed travel and marketing campaigns throughout Arizona and New Mexico. In addition to his professional design work, Cabat was a sculptor, ceramicist and painter who won numerous awards and whose work is housed in various museums and private collections throughout the United States.

Through his advertising firm he influenced the graphic aspects of southwestern advertising including TV, radio, newspaper, magazines and marketing ephemera. His ceramic works were characteristic of the post WW-II modern era utilizing shapes colors and forms that have become synonymous with the mid-century modern movement. Towards the end of his career Cabat wrote and illustrated numerous publications and books on southwestern themes.

Marriage: Cabat was married to Rose Cabat, a significant and influential mid-century ceramic artist.

Death: Ernest Cabat died at age 80 on November 9, 1994, in Tucson, Arizona.

He was survived by his wife, their three children, and extended family.

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  • Lot of six Mid Century ceramic reference books
    Mar. 10, 2024

    Lot of six Mid Century ceramic reference books

    Est: $100 - $200

    Lot of six Mid Century ceramic reference books: Rose & Erni Cabat: 1936-1986 Retrospective by Tucson Museum of Art  The Ceramic Work of Gertrud and Otto Natzler by M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum  Laura Andreson: A Retrospective in Clay by Mingei International Museum  The Nordic Modern Movement: Masterworks in Glass, Ceramics, Silver & Wood by Mark McDonald Gertrud And Otto Natzler: Collaboration/Solitude by American Craft Museum  Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000 by Jo Lauria

    Treadway Gallery
  • Rose and Erni Cabat, Collection of fourteen Feelies
    Apr. 13, 2023

    Rose and Erni Cabat, Collection of fourteen Feelies

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Rose and Erni Cabat Collection of fourteen Feelies USA, 1970-85 glazed stoneware shortest: 2.25 h x 2 dia in (6 x 5 cm) tallest: 4.75 h x 4 dia in (12 x 10 cm) Incised signature to underside of each example 'Cabat' with incised numbers to most examples. Provenance: Private Collection, Virginia Beach Literature: Rose and Erni Cabat Retrospective 1936-1986, Quinn, ppg. 9, 12-13, 16-17 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Rago Arts and Auction Center
  • Rose and Erni Cabat Group of 3 Signed Feelies
    Dec. 03, 2022

    Rose and Erni Cabat Group of 3 Signed Feelies

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Cabat, Rose and Erni (American, 20th century), Group of 3 Feelies, c.1970s or 1980s, glazed stoneware, each with incised signature to underside, tallest one is 3.75 inches. Also includes a copy of the 1986 Cabat Retrospective catalog signed in pencil by Rose and Erni. Provenance: purchased at The Clay Place, Pittsburgh.

    Concept Art Gallery
  • Rose and Erni Cabat Group of 3 Signed Feelies
    Dec. 03, 2022

    Rose and Erni Cabat Group of 3 Signed Feelies

    Est: $500 - $800

    Cabat, Rose and Erni (American, 20th century), Group of 3 Feelies, c.1970s or 1980s, glazed stoneware, each with incised signature to underside, tallest one is 3.25 inches. Provenance: purchased at The Clay Place, Pittsburgh.

    Concept Art Gallery
  • Erni Cabat, 20th Century Alt-Neu Synagogue, Prague, Czechoslovakia
    Jan. 19, 2011

    Erni Cabat, 20th Century Alt-Neu Synagogue, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Est: -

    Alt-Neu Synagogue, Prague, Czechoslovakia signed, inscribed and numbered 21/150 in pencil to the margin lithograph 53 x 40.5cm (20 7/8 x 15 15/16in). with certificate of authenticity.

    Bonhams
  • Rose & Erni Cabat Feelies, collection of fifty
    Jun. 08, 2010

    Rose & Erni Cabat Feelies, collection of fifty

    Est: $25,000 - $30,000

    Rose & Erni Cabat Feelies, collection of fifty

    Wright
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