Adrian Saxe
Untitled Covered Jar on Stand with Antelope Finial (Sacred Heart)

Untitled Covered Jar on Stand with Antelope Finial (Sacred Heart)

© Adrian Saxe

Untitled Covered Jar on Stand with Antelope Finial (Sacred Heart)
Untitled Covered Jar on Stand with Antelope Finial (Sacred Heart)
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled Covered Jar on Stand with Antelope Finial (Sacred Heart)
Date1984
MediumPorcelain, raku, and stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 26 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (67.3 × 26.7 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.1044.A-.C
Non exposé

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ProvenanceKatharine Del Vecchio and Anthony Del Vecchio, Claremont, California; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"One Person Exhibition", Garth Clark Gallery, New York 1985

"The Clay Art of Adrian Saxe," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 11, 1993 - January 30, 1994; Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan, March 20, 1994 - June 5, 1994; The Newark Museum, July 14, 1994 - October 23, 1994.

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

"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 February - 30 June, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised on the underside of the jar(A) and base(C): "SAXE" (underlined)
Impressed stamp on the underside of .A: "SAXE" "1984" "[rectangle with two diamonds inside of it]"

Impressed stamp on the heart on both sides of .A: "?"

Impressed stamp on the underside of the lid (.B): "70"

Impressed stamp on the underside of .C: "SAXE" "1984"

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