Clayton Bailey
Monster ("Burping Bowl")

Monster ("Burping Bowl")

© Clayton G. Bailey

Monster ("Burping Bowl")
Monster ("Burping Bowl")
ArtistAmerican, 1939–2020
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Monster ("Burping Bowl")
Date1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumCeramic
Dimensions9 1/2 × 13 × 19 in. (24.1 × 33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2035.A,.B
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle, Potomac, Maryland; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–June 30, 2013.

"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.

"Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture," Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, March 18 - August 27, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on the underside: "S2 / | 81"
Inscribed in pencil on the underside: "CBC / 73"

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