Coming Up for Air
Artist
Lawson Oyekan(Nigerian, born England, 1961)Nigerian, born England, 1961
CultureNigerian
Titles
- Coming Up for Air
- from the series Coming Up for Air
Date1999
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (48.9 × 23.5 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by Martyn E. Goossen, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Gary Petersen at "One Great Night in November, 2008", in honor of the United States economy coming up for air
Object number2007.1000
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryInternational Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition, Foundation Keramion: Centre of Modern + Historical Ceramics Frechen, Koln, Germany, 1999. "Lawson Oyekan," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, 2000.
"Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Their Legacy," The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada, 2002.
"Lawson Oyekan and the Spirit of Nature," Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on underside: "NONO 45 / $3500"
Etched in underside: "OY KAN LAWSON 1999 ..." [remainder illegible]
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Eva Zeisel
designed c. 1942–43, made c. 1949 - 1972
Porcelain
2021.573.1-.8
Theodore R. Davis
1879
Porcelain, enamel, and gilding
2024.2
