Pig Tureen and Ladle
Artist
Lizbeth Stewart
(American, 1948 - 2013)
CultureAmerican
Date1983
MediumGlazed porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 32 × 55 × 24 cm (12 5/8 × 21 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionLizbeth Stewart emerged as a leading ceramic artist in the 1980s and was among a generation of women who expanded the field through brightly colored representational imagery. This Pig Tureen is exemplary of her work with its exactly rendered form, where the detail and poise are startlingly life-like. The pig form stands in contrast to the surface painting, which appears realistic at first look, but reveals itself as abstract and impressionistic. The beet form ladle similarly fools the eye, with its fragile yet precise stalks.
Credit LineGift of Jane Corkin
Object numberG18.5.1a-c
Classifications
Modern and Contemporary CeramicsSub-classification
AmericanCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
1896
Object number: G12.5.1.1-5
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1750-1755
Object number: G83.1.1045
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
