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Period
20th century -
Geography
Detroit, Michigan, United States -
Material
Glazed clay -
Dimension
H x Diam (overall): 31.1 x 31 cm (12 1/4 x 12 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1918.166 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1918.166
Object Details
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Description
Clay: dense.Glaze: black, with dripping overflow of light green, blue and gold. -
Provenance
1918Pewabic Pottery, 1918 [1]From 1918 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1918 [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
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975) -
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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