Basket

Artist Kenneth Ferguson (American, 1928 - 2004)

Date1991

MediumGlazed stoneware

DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 × 13 inches (52.07 × 33.02 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz Collection

Object number2003.23

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

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DescriptionA glazed stoneware basket form with three handles supported by four cone-shaped legs. The handles in the form of a central, larger female hare with breasts and a male hare with an erect penis on either side of the central handle, facing in the opposite direction. The whole covered with a dark green glaze simulating patinated bronze.

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