Object Details
Artist
Kurt Weiser, born Lansing, MI 1950
Luce Center Label
Kurt Weiser has often struggled to get a close look at animals and insects without scaring them away, and so painted this teapot with the magnified image of one such encounter. His paintings are based on illustrations from books, pictures he has taken, and his own observations from nature. Marbleized Teapot with Hand differs from many of his other teapots, as he has contained his painting to a circle on the side of the pot and decorated the rest with a marbleized pattern. Weiser has said that the most difficult aspect of creating this pot was drawing a perfect circle to frame his painting.
Luce Object Quote
“As I see it, the painting is the three-dimensional reality and the pot is made to disappear. The reason the form is so amorphous is to just let it dissolve as the painting goes on.” Artist quoted in Ceramics, 2002
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
Date
1996
Object number
1997.19A-B
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Medium
porcelain, glaze, and enamel paint
Dimensions
overall: 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 5 in. (28.6 x 36.2 x 12.7 cm)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Renwick Gallery
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 54A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure\fragment\hand
Animal\insect\moth
Object\foliage
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1997.19A-B