Storage Jar, Acorn Series
2004
16 x 14 x 14 in. (40.6 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
Val Cushing
United States
(Rochester, NY, 1931 - 2013, Alfred, NY)
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Glazed stoneware
Credit Line:
Mabel Fenner Lyon Fund
Accession Number:
2012.17
Location: Not currently on view
Cushing was a professor emeritus at Alfred University, where he taught for forty-one years. His pieces contain a mix of classical form and whimsical modern touches, such as this thick ring that looks like a bagel resting on an acorn-shaped vessel.
[Gallery label text, Sept. 2013]