The Salvation of Even A Bad Drawing is Still Life
Circa 1990s

Porcelain
2 x 5.125 x 5.125 in.
Gift of Richard W. Gold from the Arthur J. Williams Collection
2024.12.24

This vessel exemplify signature features of Edward Eberle's work including influences from ancient Greek pottery. This piece presents an image open to interpretation. Eberle’s decorations are typically created using terra sigillata painting and sgraffito techniques on porcelain.

Born in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, in 1944, Edward S. Eberle earned a bachelor’s degree from Edinboro State College, Pennsylvania, in 1967 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, New York, in 1972. From the mid-1970s until 1985 Eberle taught at the Philadelphia College of Art and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, before dedicating himself fully to studio art. Eberle passed away in 2023.

Sara Eco Conti

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This object has the following keywords:

• bowl
• cubes
• figure
• optical illusion - Deceptive visual phenomena induced by the refraction of light as it passes through one substance to another or by atmospheric conditions that manipulate light rays.
• spheres

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Holding Space: Highlights from the NEHMA Ceramics Collection , 3/1/2025 - 7/12/2025

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