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Gifford Myers
Mao is Alive and Well, Swimming the Backstroke in Yangtze1975

Not on view
Ceramic cup-and-saucer sculpture with white glaze and cobalt-blue interior, from which a sculpted human head and outstretched arm emerge as if submerged
Artist or Maker
Gifford Myers
Title
Mao is Alive and Well, Swimming the Backstroke in Yangtze
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1975
Medium
Porcelain, glaze
Dimensions
Overall: Height: 3 3/8 in. (8.75 cm); Diameter: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Art Museum Council Fund
Accession Number
M.83.230.40a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire - Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.