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 (6 items)

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Charles Walter Stetson, Magnolia, 1895, oil on canvas mounted on fiberglass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1982.83.3
Magnolia
Artist
Date1895
oil on canvas mounted on fiberglass
On view
Charles Walter Stetson, After the Bath, 1910, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1982.83.1
After the Bath
Artist
Date1910
oil on canvas
On view
Charles Walter Stetson, Bathers by Moonlight, n.d., charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1983.65.2
Bathers by Moonlight
Artist
Daten.d.
charcoal on paper
Not on view
Charles Walter Stetson, Dancer Resting, 1882, pen and ink and watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.65.1
Dancer Resting
Artist
Date1882
pen and ink and watercolor on paper
Not on view