Lawson Oyekan
Coming Up for Air

Coming Up for Air

© Lawson O. Oyekan

Coming Up for Air
Coming Up for Air
ArtistNigerian, born England, 1961
CultureNigerian
Titles
  • Coming Up for Air
  • from the series Coming Up for Air
Date1999
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (48.9 × 23.5 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by Martyn E. Goossen, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Gary Petersen at "One Great Night in November, 2008", in honor of the United States economy coming up for air
Object number2007.1000
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; pruchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryInternational Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition, Foundation Keramion: Centre of Modern + Historical Ceramics Frechen, Koln, Germany, 1999. "Lawson Oyekan," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, 2000.

"Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Their Legacy," The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada, 2002.

"Lawson Oyekan and the Spirit of Nature," Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on underside: "NONO 45 / $3500"
Etched in underside: "OY KAN LAWSON 1999 ..." [remainder illegible]

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