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Artist
Pottery by Eugene (Manufacturer), Winton Eugene (Maker), Rosa Eugene (Maker), ()
Title

Jug from Pride series

Date
2005
Century
21st century
Medium & Support
Glazed stoneware
Dimensions
Support: 11 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Style
Folk Art
Object Type
Ceramics
Credit Line
Gift of Ann & Ted Oliver in memory of Harvey J. Breeding
Accession Number
2011.18.83
Copyright
In Copyright
© Pottery by Eugene
Description

Yellow glazed jug with handle near top. Overlapping profiles of human faces are incised on the sides.

Label History

Pride references the African American civil rights movement, and in Rosa’s own words in a letter to Ted Oliver: “This collage of faces is intended to convey to the viewer how pride can be the only thing that holds people together.” Winton etched the many profiles of men, women, and children into the clay and layered them, giving each his or her own expression. Interestingly, there is only one man’s face that looks straight out of the jug toward the viewer, visible on the lower right of the image above. The handle is formed by connecting the representation of two women’s braids. Winton throws the pottery on a wheel and decorates it, and his wife, Rosa, glazes it. As two selftaught artists, this was a second career for both; Rosa was a nurse and Winton had been a carpet installer and an army paratrooper during the Vietnam War, though he always saw himself as an artist. In 1985 they retired to Cowpens, SC, where they continue to work from their home studio.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Whitney Richardson

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