Frank Fleming
Penguin at the Bus Stop

Penguin at the Bus Stop

© Frank Fleming

Penguin at the Bus Stop
Penguin at the Bus Stop
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Penguin at the Bus Stop
Date1979
PlaceUnited States
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall (.A, variable): 13 1/4 × 11 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 27.9 × 26.7 cm)
Overall (.B, Bag1): 3 1/4 × 6 × 2 1/2 in. (8.3 × 15.2 × 6.4 cm)
Overall (.C, Bag2): 2 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (7 × 11.4 × 4.4 cm)
Overall (.A, Penguin): 13 1/4 × 10 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 27.3 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.2065.A-.C
Non exposé

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Provenance[Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2000]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised in the clay on the penguin's right foot: "FLEMING"

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