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$825.00 USD
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$825.00 USD
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A blue crab claw fills the irregular surface of a single historic pottery fragment, its deep blues and flashes of red following the shard’s naturally tapered form. The painting allows the shape of the broken stoneware to determine the image, transforming an object recovered from the shoreline into another familiar remnant of life along Mobile Bay.
Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on one historic pottery fragment
Pottery: Albany-slipped stoneware, primarily c. 1880-1920
Locality: Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay, Ala.
Framed dimensions: 11.5 × 14.5 in.
Original artwork: One of a kind
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