Turban (Heron) Vessel

Frank Boyden, Tom Coleman, Turban (Heron) Vessel, 1986, stoneware, manganese slip, and copper luster, 16 ³⁄₄ X 16 in. (42.6 x 40.7 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, 1988.22

Artwork Details

Title: Turban (Heron) Vessel
Artists: Frank Boyden
Tom Coleman
Date: 1986
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Luce Foundation Center
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4th Floor
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53B
Dimensions: 16 ³⁄₄ X 16 in. (42.6 x 40.7 cm) diam.
Credit Line: Gift of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee
Mediums: stoneware
Mediums Description: stoneware, manganese slip, and copper luster
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Object Number: 1988.22
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1988.22

Artwork Description

Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman created Turban (Heron) Vessel. The artists began collaborating on works in 1983, a partnership that brought together their individual strengths: Boyden uses his skill as a draftsman to decorate the forms created by Coleman. Boyden feels that his drawings energize a piece and hopes to encourage his viewers to walk around his work and follow the natural movement of the form and its ornament. The body of this pot was left untouched by Boyde's drawings to emphasize its beautiful shape.