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Artist/Maker
Trini Silveira
(Mexican-American, born c. 1980)
Datebefore 2008
MediumTerracotta with paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 5 5/8 × 5 5/8 in. (14.6 × 14.3 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Juli and Gil Towell, Class of 1950, P1983
Object number2018.3.9
Not on view
DescriptionThis pot features one of Silviera's typical designs - the checkered geometric designs she paints are called “cuadritos."
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Juli Towell;
2008 - 2018: Juli Towell, by purchase from Adobe Gallery, NM.
2008 - 2018: Juli Towell, by purchase from Adobe Gallery, NM.
Markings
Label: small white circular adhesive label with "08-06" in black ballpoint pen.
Signature
Signed "Trini Silveira" incised in paint on pot bottom.
Inscribed
No inscriptions noted.
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