Medium:

Glazed clay

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 8.6 x 3.9 cm (3 3/8 x 1 9/16 in)

Style:

Pewabic ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date:

ca. 1912

Description:

American, 20th century, Early Pewabic

Bowl: small, deep

Clay: dense, thickly molded

Glaze: copper-red, with grayish and yellowish areas: iridescent.

Provenance:

To 1912

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI, to 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1912 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Object file. Present location of voucher unknown.

[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)

American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner:

Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1912.101

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/ye36ecb99db-b62f-4007-8eb5-85a6695d3023

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1912.101