Jar

Arts of the Americas

1795

Artist unknown (American, active 18th–19th century)
Southeastern Pennsylvania

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Jar
Place: Pennsylvania (Object made in)
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.: 1795
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: 18.2 × 17.8 × 15.6 cm (7 3/8 × 7 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Atlan Ceramic Club Fund
Reference Number: 1923.263
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Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, “For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago,” (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012), fig. 1, p. 36.
Elizabeth McGoey and Elizabeth Siegel, “Photography + Folk Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” The Decorative Arts Trust Magazine (Summer 2019): 16, fig. 1 (ill.).
Karla Klein Albertson, “Photography + Folk Art,” Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Nov. 19, 2019, https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art, ill.

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

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