Penetration Maker: Kenneth Francis Bates (American, 1904–1994)

1968

American Decorative Arts

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

Sgraffito enamel on copper

Dimensions

11 1/4 in. (28.58 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Rosalie M. Berberian, M.P.H. 1967, M.Phil 1980, in memory of her husband Karnig A. Berberian

Accession Number

2014.65.1

Geography

Made in Cleveland, Ohio

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Kenneth Bates, Cleveland; sold to Lee Nordness for the SC Johnson Collection, Fred Baggio, Ansonia, Connecticut; sold to Rosalie M. Berberian, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983
Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 246–47, no. 118, ill
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 262–63, no. 136
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 9
  • Mark Baldridge, "Kenneth Bates: Dean of American Enameling," Metalsmith 8, no. 2 (Spring 1988), 31, ill
  • Lee Nordness, Objects U.S.A., exh. cat. (New York: Viking Press, 1970), 24–25, ill
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Marks

"Kenneth F. Bates ’68 [script]" enameled on underside

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