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Kenneth Price
Unit 3, from the series ‘Happy’s Curios’1972-1977

Not on view
Honey-amber pine cabinet with open upper shelving unit displaying twelve terracotta mugs decorated with teal and green motifs
Tall knotty pine wood pedestal with an open three-shelf display unit on top, holding approximately twenty ceramic mugs with pink bodies and bold green, yellow, and orange painted geometric and leaf patterns.
Installation of ceramic mugs displayed on a freestanding pine wood shelf unit. Each mug has an unglazed terracotta lower half and an upper band decorated with bold geometric patterns in orange, green, and light blue. Mugs are arranged across four shelves and the top surface, totaling approximately sixteen pieces.
Artist or Maker
Kenneth Price
United States, 1935-2012
Title
Unit 3, from the series ‘Happy’s Curios’
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1972-1977
Medium
Ceramic and wood
Dimensions
Cabinet: 70 x 21 x 21 1/4 in. (177.8 x 53.34 x 53.98 cm); Cups: Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm); Diameter: 5 1/4 in. (13.34 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Betty M. Asher
Accession Number
M.83.229.25a-r
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Tuchman, Maurice. Ken Price: Happy Curios. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman. Ken Price Sculpture: a Retrospective. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico, 2012.
Copyright
© Estate of Ken Price