Painted and glazed earthenware
Comprised of box-form sculpture and six smaller pieces
Unmarked

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

Artist Biography

Born in 1941 in Orange, CA, Jacquelyn “Jackie” Rice was a longtime faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design. She received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Washington, Seattle, studying under Howard Kottler. First a professor of ceramics at RISD, she later became head of the school’s Ceramics department, as well as serving as dean of Fine Arts. Her work is held in the collection of the American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.