Figure of a Pig Maker: Carl Walters (American, 1883–1955)

1930

American Decorative Arts

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

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware

Dimensions

8 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (20.6 × 14.605 × 45.085 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, by exchange, and the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

1989.41.1

Geography

Made in Woodstock, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, November 19, 1981, lot 97; purchased by James H. Stubblebine, New York, 1981–89; Christie's, New York, June 10, 1989, lot 31
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), 26–27, no. 8.
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 126, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 1989," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1990): 112–13, ill.
  • Alastair Duncan, ed., The Encyclopedia of Art Deco (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988), 123, ill.
  • Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986), 113, 118–19, ill.
  • Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 60, no. 43, ill.

Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Marks

"[circle in square]/WALTERS/1930/[horse's head in profile to left]," inscribed on underside

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