Charles Krafft
Disasterware™: Dresden, 1945

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Artist Charles Krafft (American, born 1947)American, born 1947

CultureAmerican

Titles

Disasterware™: Dresden, 1945

Date1993

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 × 9 3/16 × 11 1/2 in. (3.5 × 23.3 × 29.2 cm)

Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2007.904

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection of Contemporary Ceramics

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Charles Krafft: Disasterware™," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 12 July - 13 August 1993.

"Villa Delirium," Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California, 2002.

"Blue, White and Radical," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 2 July - 9 August 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signature at LR of image on front of plate
Painted on underside in blue: "[signature] / DISASTERWARE™ / 1993 2/50"
Grey stamp on underside: "HOMER LAUGHLIN / [symbol] / Best China / U.S.A. / DDC-1"

"C. KRAFFT" painted in blue at lower right of image on front of plate
"Charles Krafft" painted in blue on underside

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