Scorpion Teapot

Architecture and Design

1983

Peter Shire
American, born 1947
Los Angeles

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Architecture and Design

Artist: Peter Shire (Maker)
Title: Scorpion Teapot
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1983
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Inscriptions: signed in black on base: "1983: SHIRE". Los Angeles, Calif. 1983
Dimensions: 40.7 × 63.5 cm (16 × 25 in.)
Credit Line: Raymond W. Garbe Fund in honor of Carl A. Erikson
Reference Number: 1988.196a-b

Art Institute of Chicago, Design Episodes: Form, Style Language, Dec 17, 2016–Jun 25, 2017, no cat.

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