Coastal Objects
Artist
Michael Peterson(American, born 1952)American, born 1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Coastal Objects
Date2002
MediumLocust wood burl
DimensionsOverall: 16 3/4 × 17 × 9 in. (42.5 × 43.2 × 22.9 cm)
Overall (.A): 15 1/8 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (38.4 × 25.7 × 15.6 cm)
Overall (.B): 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (8.9 × 11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Overall (.C): 2 1/2 × 17 × 9 in. (6.4 × 43.2 × 22.9 cm)
Overall (.A): 15 1/8 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (38.4 × 25.7 × 15.6 cm)
Overall (.B): 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (8.9 × 11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Overall (.C): 2 1/2 × 17 × 9 in. (6.4 × 43.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane and Arthur Mason
Object number2012.594.A-.C
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition HistoryCollectors of Wood Art Annual Exhibition, SOFA Chicago, November 2002.
Michael Peterson: Evolution/Revolution, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington; Arkansas Art Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft; Center for Wood Art, Philadelphia, 2009-2010.
Published References Monroe, Michael. Michael Peterson: Evolution/Revolution. Bellevue, Washington: Bellevue Art Museum, 2009. Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2011. Wood Turning in North America Since 1930. Philadelphia and New Haven, CT: Wood Turning Center and Yale University Art Gallery, 2001. Expressions in Wood: Masterworks from the Wornick Collection. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum of California, 1996. Leach, Mark Richard, ed. Turning Wood Into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2000. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Two white stickers on bottom of metal base, handwritten: "MP.145-C / $4200" and "Base 4 2pc / Locust / Burl"
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Unknown Japanese
early 20th century
Wood, lacquer, gold powder, mother-of-pearl, wool, mica, steel, brass, silver, bone, feather, paper, ink, gilt, silvered and brocaded paper, silk wrapping cloths
2012.416.1-.11
