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Anna Silver’s ceramics employ bright, colorful glazed patterns to highlight her off-kilter takes on classical Greek forms. Through the use of a vivid, swirling, decorative glaze, Silver transforms this clay vessel’s symmetrical structure and makes it appear somehow asymmetrical.
Vessel
Anna Silver (American (b. 1936))
2008
Medium/Technique
Whiteware, underglaze painting
Dimensions
26 x 16 x 16 inches (66 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert L. Beal
Accession Number2011.2015
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics
Anna Silver’s ceramics employ bright, colorful glazed patterns to highlight her off-kilter takes on classical Greek forms. Through the use of a vivid, swirling, decorative glaze, Silver transforms this clay vessel’s symmetrical structure and makes it appear somehow asymmetrical.
Provenance2011, sold by the artist to Robert L. Beal, Boston; 2011, sold by Robert L. Beal to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.