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Object Details
- Artist
- Carl Erickson, born St. Paul, MN 1954-died Oak Park Heights, MN 2011
- Luce Center Label
- Carl Erickson decorates his ceramic pots with shapes inspired by the landscape around his home in Minnesota. The layers of rich blue glaze on the surface of this teapot evoke the deep lakes of the northern Midwest,and the maple leaves appear to float across the surface of the water as if drifting with a gentle current. The pot's simple, rounded shape recalls Yixing teaware,which originated in Jiangsu Province in eastern China. In this way, Erickson combines North American imagery with Chinese pottery traditions and the ancient practice of brewing tea.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth R. Trapp in honor of Gretchen A. Mehring
- 1999
- Object number
- 2000.19A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- porcelain with rattan wrap
- Dimensions
- overall: 9 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (22.8 x 21.0 x 16.4 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
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2000.19A-B
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73b8499c5-78f8-4114-9117-97af8cf5801d
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