Edward S. Eberle
The Phenomenology of Ten Vessels

The Phenomenology of Ten Vessels

© Edward S. Eberle

The Phenomenology of Ten Vessels
The Phenomenology of Ten Vessels
PrinterAmerican, born England, 1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Phenomenology of Ten Vessels
Date1997–1999
PlacePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPorcelain and screenprints with inkwash and graphite on paper
DimensionsMortar (.AA): 5 × 12 × 12 in. (12.7 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Pestle (.AB): 3 1/4 × 9 5/16 × 3 1/8 in. (8.3 × 23.7 × 7.9 cm)
Acid (.B): 25 × 16 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (63.5 × 41.9 × 41.9 cm)
Urine (.C): 24 × 16 × 16 in. (61 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Ether (.D): 23 1/2 × 15 × 15 in. (59.7 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Carbon (.E): 25 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (64.8 × 40 × 37.5 cm)
Lead (.F): 24 1/2 × 16 × 16 in. (62.2 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm)
H2O (.G): 9 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (23.5 × 31.1 × 31.1 cm)
Brine (.H): 32 1/8 × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm)
Ether (.I): 32 1/8 × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm)
Carbon (.J): 32 1/8 × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm)
Acid (.K): 32 1/8 × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm)
Sulphur (.L): 32 1/8 × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.839.A-.L
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, 1999.

"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
Marked in black on .A: "E • S • EBERLE / 1998 / 9905 / MORTAR / for the / "THE PHENOMENOLOGY / OF TEN VESSELS" "
Etched on .B: "EE99 / 9910"
Signed in black on underside of .A: "E • S • EBERLE / 1998"

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