Tubular Teapot
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Object Details
- Artist
- Steve Gamza, born New York City 1950
- Luce Center Label
- Steve Gamza's ceramic works play with traditional concepts of the teapot. He uses a potter's wheel to create the basic form and alters each with slab-constructed additions. The slanted, asymmetrical form and bright sections of color add to this teapot's lighthearted, whimsical feel. Gamza views his teapots as interactive parts of a group, and sees each piece as nurturing the next. He does not sketch out his designs, but responds to the materials as they take shape.
- Luce Object Quote
- "My teapot forms respond to a traditional concept of a teapot without either rejecting it or holding steadfast within its conventional boundaries. . . . Why was a second teapot ever made? Simply because I had so much fun making the first." Artist's statement
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1990
- Object number
- 2001.71.8A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- wheel-thrown, assembled, and glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- 12 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. (32.2 x 14.0 x 10.2 cm)
- See more items in
- 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
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2001.71.8A-B
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk798ceb333-4b25-439c-b38a-b4cf056e456a
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