Bowl
Terms of Use
Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
ca. 1912 -
Geography
Detroit, Michigan, United States -
Material
Glazed clay -
Dimension
H x Diam (overall): 3 x 9.4 cm (1 3/16 x 3 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1912.105 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1912.105
Object Details
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Description
American, 20th century, Early PewabicBowl, shallow, flaring. Broken and repairedClay: denseGlaze: turquoise green, crackled, on the inside; outside, iridescent copper-red. -
Label
The Pewabic Pottery was a ceramics workshop in Detroit established at the turn of the century. The primary aesthetic interest of its founder, Mary Chase Perry Stratton, was the art of glazing, or "painting with fire." Stratton's friend and patron Charles Lang Freer fostered her efforts by providing fragments of ancient Asian pots to emulate. Her mature works are clearly inspired by the surfaces and shapes of ceramics in Freer's collection, particularly the Islamic pottery known as Raqqa ware, with its distinctive iridescence. The surfaces also resonate with paintings in Freer's collection by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon. -
Provenance
1912Pewabic Pottery, 1912 [1]From 1912 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pewabic Pottery in 1912 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Object file.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977) -
Previous custodian or owner
Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Detroit, Michigan, United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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