Pedestal

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.98.276.8

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MIA_.98.276.8

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

aly

2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

oty

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Northwestern Terra-Cotta Co. (Norweta)

crn

Northwestern Terra-Cotta Co. (Norweta)

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; American

crc

North American; American

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

manufacturer

crr

manufacturer

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Northwestern Terra-Cotta Co. (Norweta)

crt

Northwestern Terra-Cotta Co. (Norweta)

Creator Name-CRT

false

Creator Name:

Moreau, Ferdnand

crn

Moreau, Ferdnand

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; American

crc

North American; American

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

designer

crr

designer

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Born in France; 1853 - 1920

cdt

Born in France; 1853 - 1920

Creator Dates/Places

false

Gender:

M

cgn

M

Gender

false

Creator Birth Place:

France

cbp

France

Creator Birth Place

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Ferdnand Moreau

crt

Ferdnand Moreau

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Pedestal

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Pedestal

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

about 1911

oct

about 1911

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1909

ocs

1909

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1913

oce

1913

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

glazed terra cotta

omd

glazed terra cotta

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Pottery

clt

Pottery

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.38-1/2 x W.13 x D.12 in.

met

H.38-1/2 x W.13 x D.12 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

98.276.8

ooa

98.276.8

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota

ooc

The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Fernand Moreau, the designer of this pedestal, trained as a sculptor in his native France before immigrating to America in 1880. Moreau opened a studio in Washington, D.C., and then moved to Chicago sometime before the 1893 World?s Fair. By 1902 he was teaching ornamental modeling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1904 he went to work for Gates Potteries, joining Fritz Albert, the factory?s chief modeler. Albert left for the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company in 1906, and Moreau followed a few years later.

This pedestal was designed as a base for a molded terra-cotta lamp featuring a seminude female figure by Fritz Albert. At some point over the years, pedestal and lamp were separated. The cast decoration of the base consists of an imaginary Egyptian cityscape and a stylized cat and owl.

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<P>Fernand Moreau, the designer of this pedestal, trained as a sculptor in his native France before immigrating to America in 1880. Moreau opened a studio in Washington, D.C., and then moved to Chicago sometime before the 1893 World?s Fair. By 1902 he was teaching ornamental modeling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1904 he went to work for Gates Potteries, joining Fritz Albert, the factory?s chief modeler. Albert left for the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company in 1906, and Moreau followed a few years later.</P><P> This pedestal was designed as a base for a molded terra-cotta lamp featuring a seminude female figure by Fritz Albert. At some point over the years, pedestal and lamp were separated. The cast decoration of the base consists of an imaginary Egyptian cityscape and a stylized cat and owl.</P>

Context

false

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