- Titles Clay I Am, It Is True (Proper)
- Artist Robert Arneson, American, 1930 - 1992
- Medium glazed ceramic
- Dimensions 83 × 25 × 25 in., 230 lb. (210.8 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm, 104.3 kg)
- Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by Louise and Jack McSpadden, 1992.32.1-.2, image Art © Estate of Robert Arneson/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
- Work Type sculpture
- Classification Sculpture
- Signature Incised into base of figure's neck, left: ARNESON '82
- Marks None
- Inscription On the top of the figure's head: CHALLENGING THE TRADITIONS OF CONFORMITY AND SELF-SACRIFICE Back of head, in hair: ALL DAY LONG Back of neck, framing picture of dog in doghouse: IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG On shoulder of urn, front: CLAY I AM, IT IS TRUE, BUT SCORN ME NOT, FOR SO ARE YOU.