Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

House with a Bird on the Roof

USA, 1973
<p>A table top sculpture in the form of a house on stilts. Some of the areas between the stilts are filled in.  The wall of the house is covered with small flowers, the roof is green. There is a figure standing in the roof.</p><p>This side shows the house with green splashes on the side . The solid areas between the stilts on this side have a running figure jumping over a cut out <span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">arch.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">An end view shows the house is badly leaning to one side.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.03em;">The underside is an unglazed slab of clay with a large crack. There is a white label with the accession number, Scripps College L.78.1.548.</span></p>
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural:
Installation - small/intimate scale
Method:
Hand-Built
Slab-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Unglazed
Chris Tedesco
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College

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