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Paul Scott
Forget Me Not, No Human Being is Illegal2019

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies
Blue-and-white ceramic plate with transfer-print decoration; the well contains a white all-caps text quote; the rim features portrait medallions of women holding protest signs and pastoral landscape scenes amid acanthus leaves
Ceramic plate viewed from the reverse, white with blue transfer-printed text and imagery including an eagle emblem, manufacturer's marks, and phrases reading "Forget me not" and "No Human Being is Illegal" in decorative cartouches.
Artist or Maker
Paul Scott
United Kingdom, England, active Cumbria, born 1953
Title
Forget Me Not, No Human Being is Illegal
Date Made
2019
Medium
Salvaged blank Syracuse China plate, in-glaze screen printed decals
Dimensions
7/8 x 12 1/8 in. diameter (2.22 x 30.8 cm. diameter)
Credit Line
Gift of Alison and Geoffrey Edelstein and Cece and Bill Feiler through the 2022 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA²)
Accession Number
M.2022.13.3
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design