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Covered Vessel

Artist
Karen Karnes, American, 1925–2016
Date
1981
Material
Glazed stoneware
made in
Morgan, Vermont, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Ceramics, containers
Collection
Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location
On View, Gallery 130W
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 16 3/4 in. (33.3 x 42.5 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by the National Endowment for the Arts and matching funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Langenberg
Rights
© Estate of Karen Karnes
Object Number
1854:1981a,b
NOTES
Splashes of violet and gold run across this wheel-thrown covered jar. Like wood grain, the ridges of its slab-cut lid swirl and swell in a rolling topography. A lifelong advocate for experimental artist communities, potter Karen Karnes made this work during a period of relative isolation at her remote Vermont home and studio. There she built a massive wood kiln, allowing her to push her favored forms—the covered vessel, for one—to new dimensions.
- 1981
Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1981 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Okun-Thomas Gallery [1]

Note:
[1] Per invoice dated October 28, 1981 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 13, 1981.
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