Anne Kraus
Architectural Teapot

Architectural Teapot

© Anne Kraus

Architectural Teapot
Architectural Teapot
ArtistAmerican, 1956–2003
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Architectural Teapot
Date1991
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (24.1 × 26 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by Mimi Lloyd
Object number2007.912.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"One Person Exhibition," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 1993.

"Anne Kraus: A Survey," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 1998.

"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
.A: Text on both sides at bottom of center image. Side 1: "YOU DREAM THAT / YOU HAVE BEEN / SENTENCED TO / TWO YEARS - / BUT YOU ESCAPE"; Side 2: "IN A DREAM, YOU EXIT / A SUBWAY AND SEE / A PATH GOING IN / AN UNEXPECTED / DIRECTION"

Painted on underside of .A: [shining leaf]

.B: Painted text inside lid: "I DREAMED WE / WERE IN VENICE. / THE BRIDGE WE / WALKED ON WAS / BROKEN AND TO / MY AMAZEMENT / YOU DECIDED TO / LEAP TO THE OTHER / SIDE. / I SAW YOU WERE / A CHANGED PERSON."
Painted on underside of .A: "ANNE / KRAUS"

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