Laughing Vase
Laughing Vase
Artist
Robert Carston Arneson
American, 1930-1992
Date1974
Dimensions18 x 18 x13 in. (45.7 x 45.7 x 33 cm)
MediumGlazed earthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society
Object number
1996.9
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011, p. 26, repr. (col.) p. 26.Label TextI want to make high art that is funny, outrageous, and also reveals the human condition, which is not always high. — Robert Arneson Eyes crinkled and every tuft of beard sprouting aggressively, the vase’s laughing face exudes all the energy of artist Robert Arneson’s earthy sense of humor and zest for life. The vase refers specifically to the long history of head-shaped vessels that began with the ancient Greeks.- Decorative Arts
early 18th century
about 1700
about 1700
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