Eight Red Bowls

Margaret Boozer, Eight Red Bowls, 2000, Maryland terra cotta and pine, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund, 2001.9
Margaret Boozer, Eight Red Bowls, 2000, Maryland terra cotta and pine, 23 1427 145 38 in. (5969.113.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund, 2001.9

Artwork Details

Title
Eight Red Bowls
Date
2000
Dimensions
23 1427 145 38 in. (5969.113.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund
Mediums Description
Maryland terra cotta and pine
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — other — dish
Object Number
2001.9

Artwork Description

Margaret Boozer made Eight Red Bowls after seeing an exhibition of Chinese archaeological digs. One particular photograph of a dig site showed what she described as "a rectangular pit with a pile of pots unearthed in one corner, the discarded remnants of a funeral feast." The memory of that photograph inspired her to make this piece, in which she poured liquid clay, also called slip, into a wooden frame. She then shaped several bowls on the potter's wheel and dropped them onto the wet red slip. As the clay hardened, cracks formed around the slumped bowls so that they appear to emerge from the dried earth.

Works by this artist (8 items)

William Sergeant Kendall, An Interlude, 1907, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.36
An Interlude
Date1907
oil on canvas
On view
William Sergeant Kendall, Désirs, 1892, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Elisabeth Kendall Underwood, 1974.45
Désirs
Date1892
oil on canvas
Not on view
William Sergeant Kendall, Transition, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Pierson Underwood, 1966.35.2
Transition
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view

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Eight Red Bowls
2000, Maryland terra cotta and pine

MARGARET BOOZER
Born: Anniston, Alabama 1966

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