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View AllConstance Sawyer (Artist)
Student Portrait
1965
Portrait of a woman, head and torso, in profile view, holding a pen or pencil. Woman is looking down so the bottom half of her face is visible under her hair. She has long hair covering her face, hanging over her shoulder. Outlines and hair in blue, pale greens in background, white short-sleeve shirt. Paint is casein tempera. This painting may be a pair with 2018.007.001.
The object was made in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2018.007.002
Category: Paintings
Object Type: Paintings
Object Height/Width: Size 46.99 x 41.91 cm (18 1/2 x 16 1/2 in)
Material/Technique: tempera
Jack Edwin Wright (Artist)
lidded jar
mid 1900s
Blue lidded jar with faint decoration of circles and dots; the body of the jar narrows at the foot and neck, leaving a slightly bulbous middle; a repeating pattern of a circle with 4 dots at each corner forming a square around the circle; the design is in black and medium blue over faint brown, wheelthrown.
The object was made in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2012.005.005
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: container
Object Height/Width: Size 22.22 x 13.34 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery); ceramic glaze
Doug Sheafor (Artist); AlBo Glass (Manufacturer)
Fresh Produce - Blue
2008
Round blue glass deep bowl with a green rim; bowl sags slightly to one side, with a clear glass foot. This bowl was made later to complete the set, and is the smallest of this set of four bowls.
The object was made in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2010.039.007
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Glass
Format: bowl
Object Height/Width: Size 10.80 x 14.60 cm (4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in)
Material/Technique: glass (material)
Wynne Wilbur (Artist)
tea bowl
1900s
Blue glazed tea bowl; the body is cylindrical shaped with straight sides; a flattened and rolled lip; the sides are faceted like a fluted column-like design; small foot; an abstract fan-like design is incised at the bottom of each facet.
The object was made in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2010.028.025
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: bowl
Object Height/Width: Size 9.52 x 12.70 cm (3 3/4 x 5 in)
Material/Technique: ceramic (material); ceramic glaze
Daniel Gegen (Artist)
oval vase
ca. 2005-2007
Slab built straight-sided oval vase; wide strip of glazed blue with lighter blue circles over front; unglazed terracotta with stripes of black slip over sides. Slip glaze with wax resist.
The object was made in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2007.023
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vase
Object Height/Width: Size 26.04 x 14.45 x 10.32 cm (10 1/4 x 5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in)
Material/Technique: terracotta (clay material); ceramic glaze; slip (clay)
African Artist Unknown
lapa cloth
ca. 1960s
Hand-dyed lapa cloth: dark indigo border, thin blue stipe, and resist from batik resist of pale blue triple zigzag line patterns. Kola (orange dye) and indigo (blue) dyes on cotton damask. Blue is probably from indigo, but pale.
The object was made in Liberia, Africa.
Accession No.: 2006.013.036
Category: Ethnographic
Object Type: Ethnographic Objects
Object Height/Width: Size 170.18 x 107.32 cm (67 x 42 1/4 in)
Material/Technique: cotton (fiber)
Barbara Waterman-Peters (Artist)
Blue Sky Crow
2003
Black silhouette of a crow on a tree branchl sky is blue with a hint of dark blue/purple at the top. Whole image has black rim, edges are torn (deckled), may by color pencil on handmade black paper.
The object was made in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 2005.006.001
Category: Workspaper
Object Type: Drawings
Object Height/Width: Size 5.40 x 5.08 cm (2 1/8 x 2 in)
Material/Technique: pencil drawings; paper (fiber product)
John Tilton (Artist)
untitled vessel
ca. 2003
Spherical form with a 2 1/8" opening at the top and a 1/4" high lip. Glazed a light sky blue with small blue to greenish crystals formed in the high-fire glaze. The glaze is soda zinc silicate glaze, the colorant is about 1 % cobalt carbonate, 5 % titanium dioxide.
The object was made in Alachua FL.
Accession No.: 2003.042
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vessel
Object Height/Width: 25.72 x 26.99 cm (10 1/8 x 10 5/8 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
George Smyth (Artist)
vase
ca. 1992
Short round form with small, short neck, flared at the top. Glazed a medium grey with light, cobalt blue crystals mostly at the top half.
The object was made in Arkadelphia AR.
Accession No.: 2003.035.002
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vase
Object Height/Width: Size 10.16 x 11.75 cm (4 x 4 5/8 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
Susan Filley (Artist)
lidded jar
1999
Large porcelain lidded jar, deep red to dark blue-green and some graphite and some red highlights. The lid has a large three-sdied, pointed knob, very smooth surface, highly reflective.
The object was made in United States##South Carolina.
Accession No.: 2003.002.153
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: container
Object Height/Width: 38.10 x 16.51 x 12.70 cm (15 x 6 1/2 x 5 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
Brian Persha (Artist)
bottle
1983
Tall bottle form, with a bulbous lower section in a bright blue, shorter top section is olive. Sgraffito drawing under the glazes.
The object was made in Montana, United States.
Accession No.: 2003.002.040
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vessel
Object Height/Width: 42.54 x 21.91 cm (16 3/4 x 8 5/8 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
Edwin Scheier (Artist); Mary Scheier (Artist)
bowl
ca. 1970s
Small deep bowl, glazed a speckled light blue to darker blue towards the rim. Brown foot ring. Decorated on sides with snakelike vertical lines alternating with sections of vertical curved lines, all of which show the brown clay body beneath the glaze.
The object was made in Green Valley AR.
Accession No.: 2002.010
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: bowl
Object Height/Width: 9.84 x 14.92 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
Otto Heino (Artist); Vivika Heino
bowl
1991-1992
Shallow bowl glazed with a grey with dark iron speckles, blue rim, two blue circles near bottom and one large calligraphic mark at bottom center. Part of a set with 2001.035.016.
The object was made in Ojai CA.
Accession No.: 2002.003.008
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: bowl
Object Height/Width: Size 5.72 x 15.56 cm (2 1/4 x 6 1/8 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
McPemaled Eweldt (Artist)
bottle
1989
Bottle or vase form with steep, straight, slanted sides, constricted top orifice that flares out into a small bowl form. Flat base. Light blue with copper red flashing on the sides showing line crazing through the red to blue.
The object was made in Salzburg, Austria.
Accession No.: 1998.050.039
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vessel
Object Height/Width: Size 21.59 x 12.89 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/16 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
Johnny McDonald (Artist)
untitled
1996
Large clear glass disk with a "planet"-like disc of colored glass enclosed. Inner glass has swirls of iridescent blue green and gold over gray, blue and black glass. Some of the streaks are dichroic glass. Sits vertically on a polished base.
The object was made in Park City, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1996.023
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Glass
Object Height/Width: Size 21.59 x 21.59 x 7.94 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/8 in)
Material/Technique: glass (material)
Toshiko Takaezu (Artist)
bottle (#7417)
1993
Oval bottle form with a small 1/16" opening at the top center. Bottom half is brown and black and top half is a blue-violet glaze with deep blue-violet diagonal marks.
The object was made in United States##Hawaii.
Accession No.: 1995.001
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vessel
Object Height/Width: Size 18.10 x 10.16 cm (7 1/8 x 4 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
Wynne Wilbur (Artist)
bowl
1992
Bowl with straight sides and a flat bottom supported by three small feet. Slightly everted rim with a tab placed on the rim directly above each foot. Transparent, matte turquoise blue glaze. Made from porcelainous stoneware.
The object was made in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1992.003
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: bowl
Object Height/Width: 13.97 x 13.97 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
Otto Heino (Artist); Vivika Heino (Artist)
untitled
1988-1989
Small round form with small half-inch opening at top. Glazed blue to blue-green, two layers of glaze in a wave.
The object was made in Ojai CA.
Accession No.: 1989.019
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: vase
Object Height/Width: Size 10.16 x 11.75 cm (4 x 4 5/8 in)
Material/Technique: porcelain (material)
Professor Moser (Manufacturer)
vase
ca. 1900
Smokey blue vase with applied handles; bulbous body; two different decorations on vase. 1- Asian-like scroll with pink flowers and two blue circles, one circle has blue and gold geometric deigns, other has different types of flowers on a blue background. 2- branch with blue flowers, two pink flowers and green and blue leaves; both sides designs are outlines in gold; designs are done in enamel; gold has rubbed off the asian inspired side.
The object was made in Karlsbad, Bohemia.
Accession No.: 1984.026
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Glass
Format: vase
Object Height/Width: Size 15.88 x 14.60 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/4 in)
Material/Technique: glass (material); enamel (fused coating)
Philip Hershberger (Artist)
Apples or Tomatoes
1984
Room interior with oblique view of a dining table, with two boxes below the table on the floor. One box contains small round fruit with hints of red. Table is tan, floor is blue-grey/ Table top is in the upper portion of the composition.
The object was made in Topeka, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1984.024
Category: Workspaper
Object Type: Drawings
Object Height/Width: Size 76.20 x 101.60 cm (30 x 40 in)
Material/Technique: graphite (mineral); oil paint (paint); wash (material); pencil drawings; paper (fiber product)
Stevens & Williams (Business); Frederick Carder (Designer); Brierley Hill Staffs (Manufacturer)
Brierly Rose vase
1903-1904
Brierley Rose vase (style) Slightly double gourd shape form in pale yellow, pink and cobalt blue; the blue is on the outside layer. Cut overal with a rose and rose foliage pattern. Star cut base.
The object was made in England, United Kindgom.
Accession No.: 1980.030
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Glass
Object Height/Width: Size 35.56 x 12.70 cm (14 x 5 in)
Material/Technique: cut glass
Richard Slimon (Artist)
Shadows: Between the Points of Measure
1978
Large almost square painting with various grays, tan and green predominating; has the appearance of an aerial landscape view superimposed with horizontally viewed abstract landscape elements.
The object was made in Emporia, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1980.011
Category: Paintings
Object Type: Paintings
Object Height/Width: Size 168.28 x 183.52 cm (66 1/4 x 72 1/4 in)
Material/Technique: acrylic paint; canvas (textile material)
William Bracker (Artist)
bottle
1978
Oviform with 9 slight circular bumps at shoulder height and a flared neck rim. Squiggly lines drop down from each of the 9 circular bumps. Glaze is in rivulets of transparent dark blue over bumps and rivulets of light olive green. Blue only on top portion. Salt glazed stoneware.
The object was made in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1979.004
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Object Height/Width: Size 42.23 x 23.18 cm (16 5/8 x 9 1/8 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
John Kudlacek (Artist)
plate
1973
Low plate or dish with a one-inch flared rim that is unglazed. Inside of plate is glazed in a medium blue with a dark blue applied glaze over most of the interior, with a free form abstract design. Underside of plate is glazed a mottled brown to near the foot ring. Center portion of underside where signature is is also glazed brown. Clay body is greyish with buff and brown specks.
The object was made in Emporia, Kansas, United States.
Accession No.: 1974.007
Category: 3-D
Object Type: Ceramics
Format: plate
Object Height/Width: Size 3.49 x 33.97 cm (1 3/8 x 13 3/8 in)
Material/Technique: stoneware (pottery)
Galerie La Hune (Publisher); Yoshiko Noma (Artist)
Champ XIX
1962
Abstract design, pale blue, gray and black lines create a shaded line through the center, running horizontally.
The object was made in Japan.
Accession No.: 1963.569
Category: Workspaper
Object Type: Prints
Object Height/Width: Size 47.63 x 35.88 cm (18 3/4 x 14 1/8 in)
Material/Technique: etching (printing process)