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Artist:
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)  Search this
Medium:
Clay with iridescent glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 38.4 x 16.1 cm (15 1/8 x 6 5/16 in)
Style:
Pewabic ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Bottle, tall
Clay: fairly soft
Glaze: mottled violet and violet-gray; iridescent
Provenance:
To 1908
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), Detroit, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See American Pottery List, R. 5534, L. 2285, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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:
Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)
Painting with Fire (October 21, 2018 to July 7, 2019)
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)
Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)
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:
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Pewabic ware  Search this
United States  Search this
American Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1908.255
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f03bef1c-f216-4944-8c4e-9e3ecbe409b7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1908.255