Medium:

Glazed clay

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 13.8 x 10 cm (5 7/16 x 3 15/16 in)

Style:

Pewabic ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date:

ca. 1914

Description:

Jar, small, ovoid

Clay: dense, soft

Glaze: lapis-lazuli blue with a thin green overflow; iridescent

Provenance:

To 1914

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, to 1914 [1]

From 1914 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1914 [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:

Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)

American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)

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:

F1914.119

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network

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/ye308ead2fa-f492-45d5-bb45-7477dc6136d5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1914.119