Artist
Doug Jeck(American, 1963–2022)American, 1963–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Study in Antique White (Barricade)
Date2000
MediumCeramic, fabric, wood, and plaster
DimensionsOverall: 54 × 60 × 28 in. (137.2 × 152.4 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2007.890.A-.G
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Doug Jeck," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, October 11, 2000 - November 11, 2000.
Mint Museum extended Loan 2002-2007
"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
Inscribed in pencil on back crest rail: "I / Made / This" (with two arrows pointing to the signature)
Inscribed in pencil: "signed" (with an arrow pointing to the signature)
Inscribed in pencil within three circles: "starting around 2 (circled) / [incongruent symbol] 1978 / and also in [incongruent symbol] 1980 / now again / this time in [incongruent symbol] '2000"
Other inscriptions in pencil all over the backside scratched out and painted over in white paint.
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Inscribed in pencil: "signed" (with an arrow pointing to the signature)
Inscribed in pencil within three circles: "starting around 2 (circled) / [incongruent symbol] 1978 / and also in [incongruent symbol] 1980 / now again / this time in [incongruent symbol] '2000"
Other inscriptions in pencil all over the backside scratched out and painted over in white paint.
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Signed on back of wooden headboard: "Doug Jeck"
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