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American,
b. 1956
Lidded Vessel
2010
Earthenware
12 x 20 x 20 in. (30.48 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
2013.20
Bede Clarke calls himself a “mischievous” explorer of clay. Adept with wood and electric kilns, high- and low-fire treatments, Clarke balances wildness and restraint in his experiments. This aim is recognizable in his Lidded Vessel, which is massive and scarred. From afar, the exterior surface looks like rough leather, but closer up it is a cacophony of colors and textures: wavelike patterns alongside violent scratches and stabs. The broad contours are geometric, but the surface seems to bear the marks of heavy use—down to the cross-shaped patches across its center. A vessel with no obvious purpose, it nevertheless provokes speculation about its construction and journey.
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