Plaque
- Decorator
- Lenore Asbury, American, 1866–1933
- Date
- 1921
- Material
- Glazed porcelain
- made in
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. (15.9 x 21 x 1.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Given in memory of Ruth Heywood Culver by Victor Porter Smith
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 97:2000
NOTES
Lenore Asbury's hazy foliage and soft shades of blue and green in this plaque evoke the mood of tonalist painting, which was characterized by a subdued palette and misty scenery. The plaque's rectangular format and strong sense of receding space, along with the placement of the artist's signature at lower left, suggest further connections to traditional landscape painting.
Provenance
Private Collection, Cincinnati, OH
- 1989
Ruth Heywood Culver, given by private collection [1]
1989 - 2000
Victor Porter Smith, St. Louis, MO, given by Ruth Heywood Culver [2]
2000 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Victor Porter Smith [2]
Notes:
[1] According to Victor Porter Smith, Ruth Heywood Culver received the plaque as a gift from a private collection in Cincinnati, Ohio [Handwritten note from Victor Porter Smith dated October 6, 2000, outlining the provenance of the object, SLAM document files].
[2] See Note [1].
[2] See Deed of Gift dated October 6, 2000 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 6, 2000.
- 1989
Ruth Heywood Culver, given by private collection [1]
1989 - 2000
Victor Porter Smith, St. Louis, MO, given by Ruth Heywood Culver [2]
2000 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Victor Porter Smith [2]
Notes:
[1] According to Victor Porter Smith, Ruth Heywood Culver received the plaque as a gift from a private collection in Cincinnati, Ohio [Handwritten note from Victor Porter Smith dated October 6, 2000, outlining the provenance of the object, SLAM document files].
[2] See Note [1].
[2] See Deed of Gift dated October 6, 2000 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 6, 2000.
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