Artist
John Mason (American, 1927–2019)American, 1927–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
- X Plate
Date1956
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (23.5 × 24.8 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2007.970
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Abstract Expressionist Ceramics: Myth and Reality Revisited". Garth Clark Gallery, New York 1997.
"The Scholar's Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, 16 May - 1 September 2008.
"Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 February - 30 June, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"MASON" painted on reverse
"MASON" on reverse
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Charles James Mason & Co.
c. 1835–1840
Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
B.2005.4
