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Peter Shire
Sunburst Accordion (Teapot)1983

Not on view
Painted wood sculpture with two stacked bobbin-like columns in lavender and yellow-green supporting a slate-blue bar, with a red gear-shaped disk, teal hat form, and pink pipe element
Painted wood sculpture with geometric and biomorphic forms: two stacked hourglass columns in green and lavender support a horizontal gray bar, topped with a yellow sphere and small teal disc with orange ball. A red circle with jagged cutout extends left; a pink curved tube extends right. Mounted on an angled white and gray base.
Artist or Maker
Peter Shire
United States, born 1947
Title
Sunburst Accordion (Teapot)
Date Made
1983
Medium
Earthenware, glaze
Dimensions
a) Lid height: 2 1/4 in. (5.72 cm) a) Lid diameter: 3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm) b) Teapot: 15 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (38.74 x 51.44 x 13.02 cm) a-b) Overall: 15 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (38.74 x 51.44 x 13.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alpert & Alpert Iron & Metal, Inc.
Accession Number
M.2014.44a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design