Set I
Artist
Marek Cecula(Polish, born 1944)Polish, born 1944
CulturePolish
Titles
- Set I
- from the series Scatology
Date1993
PlaceHertogenbosch, Netherlands
MediumPorcelain and stainless steel
DimensionsOverall: 8 × 19 5/8 × 14 1/4 in. (20.3 × 49.8 × 36.2 cm)
Overall (.A): 2 3/4 × 19 5/8 × 14 1/4 in. (7 × 49.8 × 36.2 cm)
Overall (.B): 7 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 10 in. (19.1 × 17.1 × 25.4 cm)
Overall (.C): 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (8.3 × 13.3 × 8.9 cm)
Overall (.D): 1 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.5 × 16.2 × 4.8 cm)
Overall (.A): 2 3/4 × 19 5/8 × 14 1/4 in. (7 × 49.8 × 36.2 cm)
Overall (.B): 7 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 10 in. (19.1 × 17.1 × 25.4 cm)
Overall (.C): 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (8.3 × 13.3 × 8.9 cm)
Overall (.D): 1 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.5 × 16.2 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.803.A-.D
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Marek Cecula: Scatology Series," Gallerie Maas, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1993.
"Marek Cecula: Scatology Series," Garth Clark Gallery, NY, 10 May 1994 - 4 June 1994.
"White on White," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 8 February - 4 March 2000.
"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 March - 3 June, 2012.
Published References [Schwartz, Judith S., "Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic," University of Pennsylvannia, Philadelphia, 2008, illus. p. 155.]? [Possibly different #ed edition 2/6]. Camps, Josep Perez, "Enric Mestre, Geometry & Ceramics," Ceramics: Arts and Perception, no. 46 (2001): illus. p. 40. Lydia Tugendrajch, "Marek Cecula's Vision of Sensual Sterility," Ceramics: Art and Perception, no. 18 (1994): 39 (ill.). [Possibly different #ed. edition - 2/6]. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.B) Signed in gold on the underside: "Marek / Cecula / 93 / 3/6."
Printed on the sides of the pieces when positioned upright:
.B) Nr.30A - Cuarcer 6", .C) "S 70 Crer", .D) "SPF 6706/1"
.B) Nr.30A - Cuarcer 6", .C) "S 70 Crer", .D) "SPF 6706/1"
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