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Medium:
Glazed clay
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 32.1 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in)
Style:
Pewabic ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date:
ca. 1914
Description:
Jar, tall, ovoid
Clay: fairly soft
Glaze: orange-red with overflow of greenish-cream; high purplish iridescence.
Provenance:
To 1914
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI [1]
1914-1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Freer purchased the object on June 1, 1914 from Pewabic Pottery. See invoice from Pewabic Pottery, June 1, 1914, where the object is described as "1 pink jar," copy in object file.
[2] See note 1. In the inventory Freer and his associates prepared for the Smithsonian Institution, the object is described as "One Tall, Ovoid Jar, with short neck and small mouth... Lustrous pink glaze, with rich cream-colored overflow around neck and shoulder." See copy in object file.
[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.
Research completed October 31, 2022.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)
Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)
Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)
American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977)
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)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Pewabic ware  Search this
United States  Search this
glazed  Search this
American Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1914.117
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 26: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
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/ye3cb22dc97-f633-46cc-965e-85675de1f237
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1914.117