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Ceramic Drawing #12

1977

American, 1924-2002

Titling a ceramic work “drawing,” the artist breaks down the distinctions between functional crafts and fine art objects in the conventional mediums of painting and sculpture.

Stoneware with glaze

4 in. (10.16 cm)

Diam.: 24 in.

Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund

78.66

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase, Nov. 12, 1987 - Jan. 10, 1988 (Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Feb. 9 - Apr. 5, 1988; Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Apr. 2 - Sept. 5, 1988; Potsdam, New York, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Nov. 12, 1988 - Jan. 7, 1989; Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Feb. 4 - Apr. 1, 1989; Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Art Museum, Apr. 22 - June 17, 1989; Billings, Montana, Yellowstone Art Center, Aug. 5 - Sept. 30, 1989).

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present, Sept. 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920–2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021.

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