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Richard Shaw
Happy Birthday1996

Not on view
Mixed-media sculpture of a striding skeletal figure with a tree-branch torso, wearing a red conical hat, white ruff collar, and one black boot, holding a spiky yellow pencil cluster
Artist or Maker
Richard Shaw
United States, California, born 1941
Title
Happy Birthday
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1996
Medium
Porcelain, glaze, overglaze decals
Dimensions
69 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (176.5 x 39.4 x 80.0 cm), overall
Credit Line
Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund
Accession Number
AC1998.10.1.1-.24
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design