Object Details
Artist
Dan Anderson, born St. Paul, MN 1945-died Edwardsville, IL 2023
Luce Center Label
Dan Anderson's Water Tower Teapot combines rural architecture and ceramics. The teapot resembles an old stone water tower, which reflects Anderson's passion for midwestern landmarks and tools. He seeks to repurpose and elevate this old-fashioned, forgotten tower into a sculptural work of art, in this case through the form of a teapot. Anderson has created various water tower–
themed pots, cans, and vessels. The stony texture of Water Tower Teapot reflects his attention to surface and detail.
Luce Object Quote
"The usefulness of machines in their original states is limited—as the products of progress, they are doomed to obsolescence—but by re-creating them in a 'primitive' medium, I believe they will endure through the ages. They have been transformed for eternity into art." Artist's statement, AKAR Architecture Design
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date
1989
Object number
2002.70.1A-C
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Medium
clay
Dimensions
5 x 7 3/8 x 5 in. (12.8 x 18.8 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, 53B
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Architecture Exterior\civic\tower
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_2002.70.1A-C