Dish
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 2017.010.05
- Creator:
- Drerup, Karl (1904-2000) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Campton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1970
- Description:
- Dish, enamel on copper, by Karl Drerup (1924-2000). Small, shallow, circular dish with curved upturned sides and straight applied foot on bottom. Blue, green, and gold fish on a mottled blue background inside. Mottled gray enamel on reverse. Signed "KD" in black on reverse.
- Material:
- Metal
Copper
Enamel - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 Dia-4.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Karl Drerup (1904-2000) was a major figure in mid-20th-century American enamel and artistic metalwork. Born in Germany, Drerup studied art in Munster, Berlin, and Florence before immigrating to the United States in 1937. He worked as an instructor at Adelphi College before moving to Thornton, NH, in 1946. Drerup was appointed Professor of Fine Arts at Plymouth State College in 1948, serving for 20 years.
A longtime member of the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, he was elected a master craftsman of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, in 1950, and recipient of the New Hampshire Living Treasure Award in 1989. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
- People:
- Drerup, Karl (1904-2000)
- Subjects:
- Fish
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