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John Jordan, Lidded Jar, 1991, bleached box elder and pink ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George Peter Lamb and Lucy Scardino in memory of Natalie Rust Lamb, 1995.100.12A-B
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Lidded Jar
- Artist
- Date
- 1991
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- overall: 11 5⁄8 x 8 in. (29.6 x 20.3 cm) diam.
- Credit Line
- Gift of George Peter Lamb and Lucy Scardino in memory of Natalie Rust Lamb
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bleached box elder and pink ivory
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1995.100.12A-B
Artwork Description
John Jordan has set richly colored pink ivory into the lid of this bleached vessel. He experiments with different methods of carving to achieve a wide variety of surface textures, as here in Lidded Jar, which evokes woven fabric or fiber with delicate lines circling its pale form.