Artist

Irvin Tepper

born St. Louis, MO 1947
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Also known as
  • Irvin Tepper
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Irvin Tepper earned degrees in both ceramics and sculpture, and has worked with drawing, photography, and video art. The artist favors porcelain for his sculptures because of its fragility and translucency. Since 1975, Tepper has been interested in how teacups bear witness to many conversations. He shows them as cracked and fragile, worn out from the years spent listening to and absorbing a range of human emotions.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Esphyr Slobodkina, Spring #3, ca. 1948, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.94
Spring #3
Artist
Dateca. 1948
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, As Indicated, ca. 1945, paper on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.93
As Indicated
Artist
Dateca. 1945
paper on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Crossroad #2, ca. 1942-1945, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.92
Crossroad #2
Artist
Dateca. 1942-1945
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Variation in Black-and-White, from the American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987, 1987, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of American Abstract Artists, 1987.52.40
Variation in Black-and-White, from the American Abstract…
Artist
Date1987
lithograph on paper
Not on view