Object Details
Artist
Nancy Selvin, born Los Angeles, CA 1943
Luce Center Label
Quilted Teapot #1 is from a series Nancy Selvin began during the 1970s in which she decorated nonfunctional teapots with airbrushed china paint and decals. The patchwork design sews together decorative floral squares and pictures the artist took of her barber and local coffee shops. She disguises the stiff and solid nature of the clay by slumping and creasing it so that the pot looks as though it is made from the soft cotton fabric of a quilt.
Luce Object Quote
". . . [The teapots] are reflections of the bits and pieces [of] an artist's life, containing memories of my environment during the 1970s. We can see now, 30 years later, how this artwork, the Quilted Teapot, has become a true reliquary, a repository documenting the images of the 1970s . . ." Artist's statement, 1998
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
Date
n.d.
Object number
1998.135A-B
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Medium
glazed earthenware
Dimensions
overall: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (15.0 x 19.1 x 18.5 cm)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Renwick Gallery
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53B
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Object\other\fabric
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1998.135A-B