Bowl Maker: Rude Osolnik (American, 1915–2001)

1976

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Mahogany

Dimensions

11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery and Ruth and David Waterbury, B.A. 1958, Fund

Accession Number

2001.29.1

Geography

Made in Berea, Kentucky

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Wife of the artist, Daphne Osolnik (died 1988), Berea, Ky.. Connell Gallery, Atlanta by 2001; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2001," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2002), 124
  • Rude Osolnik: Early Work (1940's–1970's) Released by the Artisit From his Collection (Atlanta: Connell Gallery, 1999), n.p., ill
  • Martha Connell, "Grandmaster of Wood Turning," Turning Points 10, no. 3 (Fall 1997), 16, ill
  • "Turning Stack-Laminated Bowls," American Woodworker (August 1994), 56, ill
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

bowls (vessels)

Signed

Signed on underside in black ink: Osolnik Originals/Mahogany/'76; round white sticker in black ink RO18.

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