Vase

Frank Fleming

1974

  • Titles Vase (Descriptive)
  • Artist Frank Fleming, American, 1940 - 2018
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 9 × 10 × 6 in. (22.9 × 25.4 × 15.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Terry Alan Beckham in honor of his grandchildren, Piper Grey Straessle and Quinn Beckham Straessle, AFI.80.2018
  • Work Type vase
  • Classification Containers

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