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Artist
Axel Salto
(Danish, 1889 - 1961)
Datec. 1940
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (8.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer
Object number2019.189
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Object NameCeramic
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorthern European
NationalityDanish
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedincised on base: SALTO [not visible 2-2022, possibly under adhesive residue]
Inscribedpainted on bottom: 20702 / X / [three waves, Royal Copenhagen trademark]
Exhibition HistoryInaugural Installation: Ceramics Gallery (207), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024–present
An Intimate Eye: Selections from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer, Palmer Museum of Art, January 18–May 15, 2005
ProvenanceCollection of James and Barbara Palmer, acquired in 1990 from William Hull
Palmer Museum of Art, bequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer, 2019Published ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2013), 158 (fig. 1), 159, 226 (ill., color).
An Intimate Eye (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2005), 16 (no. 100).