Adrian Saxe
Antelope Jar

Antelope Jar

© Adrian Saxe

Antelope Jar
Antelope Jar
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Antelope Jar
Date1979
PlaceUnited States
MediumPorcelain and stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (34.9 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2121.A,.B
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[American Hand Gallery, Washington, D.C.]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"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
Inscribed in the clay on the underside: "SAXE"
Impressed in the clay on the underside: "SAXE" "1979"

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