Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
Ceramics was perhaps the most widespread expression of the Arts and Crafts movement. The unique handcrafted vessels by George Ohr certainly are among the most idiosyncratic. Ohr threw the clay, which he hauled himself from local riverbeds, into thin-walled vessels. He then used his hands to squeeze, fold, and twist the walls to create abstracted sculptural forms. Ohr's deconstructed vessels integrated ornament and form. Stylistically, however, his vessels may seem at odds with the Arts and Crafts commitment to plain forms that were "honest" to their purpose.
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware
DATES
ca. 1900
DIMENSIONS
5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (13.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped on bottom: "G. E. OHR / Biloxi, Miss."
ACCESSION NUMBER
2000.19
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Iris Alex
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
George E. Ohr (American, 1857–1918). Vase, ca. 1900. Glazed earthenware, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (13.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Iris Alex, 2000.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2000.19_view2.jpg)
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