The Weeper
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Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1989
- Artist
- Georgia Blizzard, born Saltville, VA 1919-died Marion, VA 2002
- Luce Center Label
- Georgia Blizzard created her first figurative pots by surrounding old bottles and jars with clay. She made portraits of people from her past, and haunting images of women with distorted bodies and staring eyes. The distressed face of The Weeper likely relates to the loss of a friend or family member.
- Topic
- State of being\emotion\sorrow
- Figure female\fragment\face
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- 1997.124.142
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Folk Art
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- low-fired clay
- Dimensions
- 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (27.6 x 21.0 x 24.1 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.142