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Extended Ceramic Dining Set,
one-of-a-kind crockery, 30 pieces
Author: Amelia Peláez
Year: 1959-1962
Medium: individually painted and signed by the artist
Size: six plates: 10 1/2 inches in diameter each;
six plates: 8 1/2 inches in diameter each;
six plates: 3/4 inches in diameter each;
six ceramic saucers: 4 3/4 inches in diameter each
six ceramic espresso cups: 1 3/4 inches in height, 2 3
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From this set of one-of-a-kind crockery, a group
of 18 plates, each individually painted and signed,
1959-1962, were exhibited in Amelia Peláez: The Craft
of Modernity, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL,
curated by René Morales and Ingrid W. Elliott,
Dec. 2013 - Feb. 2014, and illustrated in the
corresponding book, pages 104 and 105.
From this set of one-of-a-kind crockery, a group of Six Espresso
Coffee Cups with Saucers, Exhibited in Cuban Art in the 20th
Century: Cultural Identity and the International Avant-Garde,
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL,
February 12 - March 27, 2016, curated by Segundo J. Fernandez,
PhD, and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, page 82
Also exhibited in Cuban Art in the 20th Century:
Cultural Identity and the International Avant-Garde
at the Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL,
from January 22 - April 23, 2017.
Exhibited in The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists
and the Cuban Avant-Garde, McMullen Museum of Art,
Boston College, Boston, MA, Jan. to Jun. 2024,
curated by Dr. Elizabeth Thompson Goizueta.
Also exhibited, same exhibition, at Frost Art Museum,
Florida International University, Miami, FL, Jun. 29
to Sep. 29, 2024, and illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 222.
One espresso coffee cup and one saucer appear
illustrated in the book Amelia Peláez, Cerámica,
María Elena Jubrias, Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana,
2008, page 80.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
2022, page 25.
Acquired by a Private Collector in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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