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Daphne I
ca. 197018 x 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 x 37.5 cm)
Frans Wildenhain
United States (Leipzig, Germany, 1905 - 1980, Rochester, NY)
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Stoneware and glaze
Credit Line:
Gift of Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs
Accession Number:
1992.28
Location: Not currently on view
Frans Wildenhain was a distinguished professor of ceramics at Rochester Institute of Technology. In this beautiful piece, he alludes to the classical myth of Daphne, who was pursued by the god Apollo. She appealed for help and was turned into a laurel tree. Wildenhain expresses the transformation by the gradual plainness of the body of the pot turning into stylized, glazed vegetative forms.
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
- Frans Wildenhain: A Chronology of a Master Potter. Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1975.
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