Plate with Portrait of Ben Hecht Maker: Henry Varnum Poor (American, 1887–1970)

1926

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium

Earthenware

Dimensions

2 15/16 × 13 in. (7.5 × 33.02 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William R. Scott, John G. McCullough, Class of 1936, and Mrs. William G. Heaphy, by exchange

Accession Number

2004.84.1

Geography

Made in New City, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Henry Varnum Poor, New City, N.Y., 1927–70; transferred to the Estate of Henry Varnum Poor, 1970 –2004; Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 2004



The plate remained in Poor's possession and was in his studio in Maine at the time of his death. The studio was sealed by his children in 1970 and recently reopened; the exhibition at Garth Clark Gallery featured the remaining contents of the studio that were being sold by the artist's estate.

Bibliography

  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 25, no. 6, p. 12, (detail).
  • "Acquisitions 2004," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2005): 203–4, ill.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

plates (dishes), portraits

Marks

"HVP [conjoined] 26" incised on front surface to right of head; "HVP" incised into underside.

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