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"Thunder"

Date: 2012

Artist or Maker: Jonathan Loretto

Dimensions:

Part A - Figure: 26.7 × 21.6 × 17.8 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 7 in.)

Part B - Drum: 5.6 × 5.1 cm (2 3/16 × 2 in.)

Part C - Drumstick: 6.7 × 0.6 cm (2 5/8 × 1/4 in.)

Medium: clay | paint, slip | paint, beeweed | wood | leather

Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2013.

Object Number: SAR.2013-2-1A-C

Not on view

DescriptionA seated ceramic male figure (Part A), mouth open as though singing. Bobble head. Painted with lightning bolts on the front of his shirt, and a heart-shaped raining cloud on the back. Colors used are tan, orange, and dark brown. Accompanied by a small ceramic drum (Part B) with a wood and leather drumstick (Part C).

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Works by IARC Artist Fellows

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