Object Details
- Artist
- Richard T. Notkin, born Chicago, IL 1948
- Luce Center Label
- Richard Notkin made twelve unique teapots in the Light Bulb Teapot series between 1983 and 1992. Each of the elements on the teapot has a specific meaning that contributes to a story. Here, the dice on the handle symbolize risk, while the lightning-rod spout and inverted bulb shape of the pot refer to captured energy. These ideas, together with the overall skull-like image, express Notkin's anxieties about the danger that nuclear energy poses to the environment.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Margot R. Heckman in memory of Mary Sherman Resh
- 1984
- Object number
- 2000.89A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- stoneware
- Dimensions
- overall: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (12.3 x 16.1 x 9.2 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Allegory\arts and sciences\science
- Recreation\sport and play\dice
- Object\other\light bulb
- Record ID
- saam_2000.89A-B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79ca3c0e8-28c4-482e-9c4d-64d1b8903615
