Artwork Details
- Title
- Horse Pitcher
- Artist
- Date
- 1994
- Location
- Dimensions
- 7 1⁄2 x 8 7⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 in. (18.9 x 22.6 x 13.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English and H. Peter Stern in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
- Mediums Description
- stoneware
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Animal — horse
- Object Number
- 2007.47.2
Artwork Description
Chris Berti enjoys working with materials like clay and stone because of their rich history as artistic media, dating back to the Neolithic period (roughly 9,000 BC to 2,000 BC). Horse Pitcher is part of a series of decorated vessels Berti did in the 1990s in which he integrated animal forms onto a wheel-thrown base. Berti believes that the inclusion of these animal or spiritual beings implies movement and makes the vessels become more alive in use. (Artist’s correspondence, 2011)