Untitled Roofscape Vessel
Object Details
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Date
- 1986
- Object number
- 1995.65
- Luce Center Label
- Lidya Buzio moved to New York City in 1967 and began to see a rhythm in the movement of the rooftops of the Manhattan skyline, which she translated onto the surfaces of her pots. In Roofscape Vessel she achieves a sense of depth by slanting the lines on the façades of the buildings and tilting the roofs. Buzio also creates three- dimensional space by raising two of the rooftop gutters off the surface of the pot. The pastel colors of the evening sky hide any signs of the chaos of city life and create a calm, peaceful atmosphere.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund
- Copyright
- © 1986, Lydia Buzio
- Artist
- Lidya Buzio, born Montevideo, Uruguay 1948-died Greenport, NY 2014
- Topic
- Architecture Exterior\detail\roof
- Medium
- slab-constructed earthenware painted with color oxide slips, burnished, fired, and waxed
- Dimensions
- 12 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (32.1 x 31.8 x 27.3 cm.)
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- saam_1995.65
Untitled Roofscape Vessel
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