Recent Acquisitions
The Newcomb Art Gallery has added to its collection a rare piece of Newcomb Pottery: a 1901 high-glaze vase that shows storm clouds breaking over a flooded Mississippi River with several rooftops peaking above a sharply defined horizon. The scene is believed to represent the aftermath of a hurricane that struck coastal Louisiana on August 14, 1901.
The piece was purchased with acquisition funds contributed by Robert C. Cudd III and Carol Downes Cudd.
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Photo courtesy Neal Auction Company.
The gallery has recently acquired several other notable works for its collection, purchased with acquisition funds generously contributed by Newcomb alumna and gallery advisory board member Mignon Faget as well as monies from the Bass Hopkins Endowment and the Chumo Pottery Fund Endowment.
Early Newcomb College art pottery lidded jar
Harriet Joor decorated the c.1900 pear-shaped vessel in a sprayed blue underglaze with a Cherokee rose design in the sgraffito technique. The vessel was signed “H. Joor,” and the base is marked with the Newcomb cipher, “U” for white clay body and an encircled mark.
c.1900 Newcomb College art pottery high-glaze pitcher
Decorated by Gertrude Roberts Smith with a curvilinear design reminiscent of brocade fabric, the base is marked with the Newcomb cipher, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, and “Q” for buff clay body.
Newcomb College art pottery hand-built lidded jar, c. 1925-1930
The vessel has a beehive-form lid and a turquoise interior. The exterior is glazed with white and has a black drip glaze over the shoulder of the pot and lid. The base is marked with the Newcomb cipher and “HB” for hand built. Although it lacks an artist monogram, the jar is attributed to Juanita Gonzalez.
