The Fireworm Cup
Ken Price
1991
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View on museum website →Medium
glazed earthenware
Dimensions
overall: 9.84 × 15.88 × 8.26 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
2015.138.2
About the Artist
Ken Price
Ken Price (1935–2012) was an American sculptor whose idiosyncratic, brilliantly colored ceramic works occupy a unique position at the intersection of the California craft movement, Pop art, and abstract sculpture. Born in Los Angeles, Price studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and later at the University of Southern California before completing his MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics a...