Image

Nick Mauss

Untitled
Recent Acquisition

Description

Maker

Nick Mauss (American and German, b. 1980 in New York, NY)

Title

Untitled

Year

2011

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

38.1 x 28.6 cm (15 x 11 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: signed on verso

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez

Object Number

2022.103.17

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Sep 01, 2026

Label copy

Interpretation

This ceramic wall-based sculpture features gestures in black and white and linear washes of green and blue. Mauss employed a blind firing process, embracing unpredictability and chance with regard to the final composition and colors of the work. The durability of the ceramic material contrasts with the improvisational quality of how the work was made.

Acquisition details

This object is a gift of Avo Samuelian and his husband, Hector Manuel Gonzalez. Active collectors for 20 years, Samuelian and Gonzalez made the first of more than 100 gifts and promised gifts to the RISD Museum in 2017. The donation of Mauss’s work develops the museum’s support of emerging contemporary Queer artists. 

–Dominic Molon, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art

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Nick Mauss (American and German, b. 1980 in New York, NY)
Untitled, 2011
Ceramic with glaze
38.1 x 28.6 cm (15 x 11 1/4 inches)
Gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez 2022.103.17

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