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Peter Shire
Sunburst Accordion (Teapot)1983

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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.

Peter Shire, Sunburst Accordion (Teapot), 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Alpert & Alpert Iron & Metal, Inc., photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

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
Copyright
© Peter Shire