Michael Frimkess
Neck and Neck

Neck and Neck

© Michael Frimkess

Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Neck and Neck
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumStoneware, overglaze enamel, and tissue paper
DimensionsOverall: 24 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (63.2 × 38.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2069
Non exposé

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Provenance[Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles]; [Sotheby's, New York, March 16, 2000, lot 19]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Michael and Magdalena Frimkess: a Retrospective View 1956–1980," Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, April 1–May 4, 1982.

"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–June 30, 2013.

"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
Printed on orange paper applied to the surface: "THE ORIGINAL BENSON & GILBEYS YODELER / BELFAST MODEL / DER KATZE ANTI-BEER / LEAGUE / ICE YODELER"

Raised rings of text in an oval beneath the right handle, going from the outside of the oval to the inside: "BENSON & GILBEYS / BELLY DANCE YODELER / [illegible text] / South America * Asia * Africa / MELT"
Incised in the bottom right of the orange section: "M. Frimkess '77"
Printed on a piece of paper accompanying the vase: "8. Michael Frimkess Neck and Neck / 1975-76 Stoneware H: 52"

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