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Lidya Buzio

City Scape Vessel
Now On View

Maker

Lidya Buzio (American, b. Uruguay, 1948 - 2014)

Title

City Scape Vessel

Year

1992

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

earthenware

Dimensions

32 x 22 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 8 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Incised into base: L. Buzio / 1983 / NYC [written in triangle].

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain

Object Number

2001.80.38

Type

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Dec 01, 2030

Label copy

Creating a place in which to thrive can be simultaneously thrilling and daunting, especially in a new environment. In 1972 artist Lidya Buzio moved from Uruguay, where she studied ceramics and painting, to New York. She marveled at the cityscape of her new home but struggled against the perception that ceramics did not merit recognition as contemporary art. Challenging the accepted media for painting, Buzio wrapped richly hued skyscrapers, water towers, and smoke-towered factories around geometric sculptures she built from earthenware slabs. By fusing a painted panorama with architectural construction, Buzio broke new ground in 20th-century sculpture.

–Elizabeth A. Williams, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

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Lidya Buzio (American, b. Uruguay, 1948 - 2014)
City Scape Vessel, 1992
Earthenware with painting and burnished wax
32 x 22 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 8 11/16 inches)
Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain 2001.80.38

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