Half Vase
Half Vase
Artist
George E. Ohr
(1857 - 1918)
Dateca. 1898
MediumBisque earthenware
Dimensions9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (23.5 × 14 × 7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2023.5
Signedon underside, incised: OHR / BILOXI
Accession number
2023.5
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextWhile George Ohr initially made utilitarian pottery, he began experimenting with increasingly imaginative and inventive shapes after a catastrophic studio fire in 1894.
By slicing this vase in half, he emphasized that it was not a functional object. Instead, he underlined its quality as sculpture, appreciating its abstract beauty. He left the surface unglazed—without the layer of color and texture usually applied to finished earthenware—to reveal the natural character of the clay.
Aunque George Ohr comenzó fabricando cerámica funcional, empezó a experimentar con formas cada vez más imaginativas e inventivas tras el catastrófico incendio de su taller en 1894.
Al cortar este jarrón por la mitad, resaltó que no era un objeto funcional, pero al mismo tiempo, subrayó su naturaleza de escultura, apreciando su belleza abstracta. Dejó la superficia sin esmaltar (sin la capa de color y textura que suele aplicarse a la loza acabada) para revelar el carácter natural de la arcilla.
Markingsvessel interior: [collector's label] 6.19.71 / JCNT / [...] / KMPT
