Richard Shaw
In the Family Way

In the Family Way

© Richard Shaw

In the Family Way
In the Family Way
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • In the Family Way
Date1980
PlaceUnited States
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 37 × 10 × 12 in. (94 × 25.4 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2010.2133
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, New York; [George Adams Gallery, New York, 2000]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"New Ceramics," Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, December 6, 1980–2 January 2, 1981.

"Richard Shaw: Selected Sculpture," George Adams Gallery, New York, 1998.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Impressed on golf club "foot": First Lady / Louise Suggs / 71[illegible number]

Painted on tomato can "head": WHOLESALE & / NUTRITIOUS / NET WT. 28 OZ... [and other illegible text, see images]

Painted on the lid of the tube of paint on the base: H

Ceramic cards on torso with standard numbers and letters ("J / J [upsidedown]" "6 / 6 [upsidedown]" "A / A [upsidedown]", etc.)

No apparent signature.

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