Object Details
- Artist
- Michael Frimkess, born Los Angeles, CA 1937
- Sitter
- unidentified
- Luce Center Label
- Michael Frimkess combines the Greek krater with contemporary subject matter in Ecology Krater II (Out Biking with Aunt Samantha). In the 1960s, Frimkess created a fictitious character, Uncle Sam, who was a Mormon with three wives and two sisters, one of whom was “Aunt Samantha.” Encircling the body of the krater are two bicycles built for four, carrying riders of different ages. On the neck of the pot are images of endangered animals. Frimkess calls his pottery “ethnic melting pots,” making a pun on the diverse neighborhood in East Los Angeles, where he grew up.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
- 1976
- Object number
- 1998.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- wheel-thrown and painted stoneware
- Dimensions
- 26 1/4 x 26 x 19 1/2 in. (66.8 x 65.9 x 49.5 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Animal
- Architecture\vehicle\bicycle
- Portrait female\Samantha
- Record ID
- saam_1998.6
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a42b71af-ef3c-4366-a2d3-6a7bc4faaadd
