Tile for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Maker: Farley Tobin (American, born 1951)
Designer: Decoration coordinator Kent Bloomer Studio (American, founded 1965)
Architect: Hammond, Beeby, and Babka (American, founded 1961)

1997

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Stoneware

Dimensions

10 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (27.31 × 27.31 × 2.86 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of David L. Barquist, Ph.D. 2001, in honor of Nicolas Shumway, M.A. (HON.) 1991

Accession Number

2012.62.1

Geography

Designed in New Haven, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Architectural Elements

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Provenance
Farley Tobin, New Haven, Connecticut, 1997; sold to David L. Barquist, New Haven, Connecticut; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2012
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware, tiles

Marks

"F," "T," / "9," and "7," each impressed within a compartment arranged as a square on underside; round impressed mark, illegible; six-pointed star with circle in the center impressed within an irregular circular outline

Inscriptions

"Owl + / RAVEN" and "Symbol of / wisdom and deceit," in red on masking tape on underside

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