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"Desert" plate (yellow)
Glen Lukens (American, 1887–1967)
1935–1945
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 x 19.7 cm (1 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons in honor of Jules and Jeanette Aarons
Accession Number2012.1124
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics
Description"Desert" plate with thick, yellow glaze on interior - crazing, crawling. Bare clay exterior (reddish). Thick disk shape with slight indentation in center.
Signed
"Glen Lukens" signature in blue on side
ProvenanceJuly 18, 2006, sold by Mark McDonald, New York, to Philip E. Aarons, New York; 2012, year-end gift of Aarons to the MFA. (Accession date: Februrary 27, 2013)