Philip Eglin
Caution, Irritant Madonna

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Artist Philip Eglin(British, born 1959)British, born 1959

CultureBritish

Titles

Caution, Irritant Madonna

Date2000

PlaceMucklestone, Staffordshire, England

MediumPorcelain and gilding

DimensionsOverall: 13 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (34.6 × 16.5 × 11.7 cm)

Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2007.841

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of Contemporary Ceramics

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"One Person Exhibition," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 2000.

"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 March - 3 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

No apparent signature

Various symbols stamped on the back: "[fork and wine glass]" "[arrow in a circle]" "6 (written backwards in a recycling triangle) / PS (backwards)" "[person throwing away trash]" "CFC (written backwards, in a circle crossed out)"

Stamped faintly on the back on the right side: "57"

Stamped on the back: "MICROWAVE OVEN SAFE" "X" "2 (in a recycling triangle) / HDPE" (or HOPE?)

Stamped on the back and painted over with a gold rectangle: "CAUTION / IRRITANT"

Stamped on the front in the lap of the Madonna: "215008"

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