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Wax and Wane

American Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Nancy Carman, born Tucson, AZ 1950

    Luce Center Label

    Nancy Carman's haunting ceramic pieces frequently contain white surrealistic figures in eerie settings. In Wax and Wane, Carman attached a bald, expressive head to the top of a gray pyramidal structure. The title refers to phases of the moon, included behind and to the left of the figure, over the course of the lunar day. Carman calls herself "slightly superstitious" and believes that each of her pieces is the result of some event in her life, whether it is an experience or "simultaneous or even precognitive phenomena." (The artist, quoted in Ceramics Monthly 29, no. 9, November 1981)

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English and H. Peter Stern in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery

    Date

    1983

    Object number

    2007.47.7A-B

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Decorative Arts-Ceramic
    Crafts

    Medium

    porcelain and stoneware

    Dimensions

    17 1/2 x 17 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (44.4 x 44.2 x 28.8 cm)

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Renwick Gallery

    On View

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53A
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Landscape\celestial\moon
    Figure\head

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk708773cb1-65d0-479f-b306-4d14a67d0d12

    Record ID

    saam_2007.47.7A-B

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