Artist:

Albert Hodge, born 1941  Search this

Medium:

glazed stoneware

Dimensions:

15 5/8 × 11 × 9 3/4 in. (39.7 × 27.9 × 24.8 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

2008

Luce Center Label:

Albert Hodge calls his devil face jugs "booger" men, since they are figments of his imagination and not representations of Satan. A self-taught potter, he also creates his own glazes, combining materials such as gold with wood ashes or lime to form an alkaline coating. Hodge claims to be the first potter to wrap his face jugs with scaly serpent images, a design choice he himself calls "crazy."

Luce Object Quote:

"I tried to make them [my face jugs] as cranky as I could." The artist, quoted in Ragan Robinson, "Feats of Clay: N.C. Man's Pottery Jugs are Much in Demand," Winston-Salem (NC) Journal, November 15, 2008

Topic:

Religion\Satan  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Folk Art Society of America in memory of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Object number:

2009.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ec9198ce-af3f-44be-8afe-cf2da86161b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2009.5