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Matthew A. Daly, a native of Cincinnati, trained at the McMicken School of Design and the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He joined Rookwood Pottery in 1882 and remained one of the its primary artists until his departure in 1903. Daly’s designs appear primarily on large thrown vessels, indicating his prominent position in the firm. His oeuvre ranges from portraits to landscapes to animals and plants, such as the sunflowers that project slightly from the luxuriantly glazed surface of this monumental vase due to multiple layers of slip.
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- Kevin Tucker, label copy, August 2004
- Anita J. Ellis and Susan L. Meyn, Rookwood and the American Indian: Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 2007), 137.
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Until 1998: Historical Design Inc., New York, New York [1]
From 1998: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1]
[1] See Historical Design Inc. invoice (dated March 2, 1998, copy in Collections Records Object File) and Dallas Museum of Art purchase order (dated March 20, 1998, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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General Description
Matthew A. Daly, a native of Cincinnati, trained at the McMicken School of Design and the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He joined Rookwood Pottery in 1882 and remained one of the its primary artists until his departure in 1903. Daly’s designs appear primarily on large thrown vessels, indicating his prominent position in the firm. His oeuvre ranges from portraits to landscapes to animals and plants, such as the sunflowers that project slightly from the luxuriantly glazed surface of this monumental vase due to multiple layers of slip.
Drawn from
- Kevin Tucker, label copy, August 2004
- Anita J. Ellis and Susan L. Meyn, Rookwood and the American Indian: Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 2007), 137.
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Notes
TMS Updates - JBA 10/12/2017
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References (Module) in TMS.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1998: Historical Design Inc., New York, New York [1]
From 1998: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1]
[1] See Historical Design Inc. invoice (dated March 2, 1998, copy in Collections Records Object File) and Dallas Museum of Art purchase order (dated March 20, 1998, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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