Celery and Olive Dish from Raymor Modern Stoneware Line

Ben Seibel

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Object Label

George Henry Hall’s large sketchbook contains highly finished images of locations in Italy and the northeastern United States, with the majority of pages devoted to his Italian travels in 1852. Since Hall is primarily known as a genre and still-life painter, this sketchbook provides a rare glimpse into his experiments with landscape composition. Executed naturalistically in graphite with accents of white watercolor, the drawings follow the picturesque landscape conventions established by the Hudson River School. These conventions include framing a distant panoramic vista with foreground trees or other vertical elements.

Caption

Ben Seibel American, 1918–1985. Celery and Olive Dish from Raymor Modern Stoneware Line, ca. 1952. Earthenware, 1 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (3.8 x 39.1 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler, 1994.112.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1994.112.2.jpg)

Title

Celery and Olive Dish from Raymor Modern Stoneware Line

Date

ca. 1952

Geography

Place made: United States

Medium

Earthenware

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (3.8 x 39.1 x 15.9 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

raised molding on base: "Raymor/by Roseville/ U.S.A." and "177/ ovenproof / pat. pend".

Credit Line

Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler

Accession Number

1994.112.2

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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