Ralph Bacerra
Platter

Platter

© Estate of Ralph Bacerra

Platter
Platter
ArtistAmerican, 1938–2008
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Platter
Date1984
MediumEarthenware
Dimensions2 1/2 × 19 in. diameter (6.4 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.761
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical," American Craft Museum, New York, October 26, 1986–March 22, 1987; The Denver Art Museum, May 16–July 5, 1987; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, August 7–October 4, 1987; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 12–April 10, 1988; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, May 16–July 10, 1988; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, August 9–October 2, 1988.

"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–June 30, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Two stickers on underside:
Garth Clark Gallery label: "GARTH CLARK GALLERY / LOS ANGELES" with "L[?]ARB 1" in pen and "BACERRA" in pencil written on sticker
"NBA 001" on top of Gallery label, obscuring the "LARB 1" sticker
Possible incised signature on underside.

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