About the Artwork
Sow
1927
Max Esser (Artist) German, 1885 - 1943 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) German, founded 1710
Hard paste porcelain
Overall: 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 5 3/8 inches (15.9 × 19.7 × 13.7 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head
F1985.99.2
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Markings
Signed, incised on side of base below sow's back: M. Esser 1927
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Marked, on underside of base, in underglaze blue, Meissen factory mark: [crossed swords (four parallel hatch marks cancel Meissen mark)] Marked, incised on underside of base: 23 A1156
Provenance
Ruth Nugent Head (New York, New York, USA)
1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Darr, Alan Phipps. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3, Annual Report (1986): pp. 22-24.
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Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; after a model by Max Esser, Sow, 1927, hard paste porcelain. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head, F1985.99.2.
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