Artwork Details
- Title
- Dear Fay…
- Artist
- Date
- 1984
- Location
- Dimensions
- 20 3⁄4 x 20 1⁄2 x 17 1⁄2 in. (52.7 x 52.1 x 44.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of KPMG Peat Marwick
- Mediums Description
- painted ceramic
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Animal — dog
- Landscape — tree — pine tree
- Portrait female — unidentified — Fay
- Object — tool — water pump
- Object Number
- 1993.54.3
Artwork Description
This simple scene of a young woman standing on a sloping grassy hill is made more complex by the long title that Jack Earl has engraved in it: "Dear Fay, I saw you in church Easter, and thought you looked real nice. If it is alright with you I would like to sit next to you next Sunday. Yours truly, Jack Earl." This piece portrays the artist's wife as a young girl, whom he met when her family moved to his town. Sitting at Fay's side is a dog, an animal that is often present in Earl’s ceramic scenes and that he sculpts to look more lifelike than the people.