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Venus of Urbino Revived

Venus of Urbino Revived

Mara Superior

Mara Superior’s ceramic plate pays homage to Titian’s Venus of Urbino (1538). A miniature reproduction of the Venetian artist’s painting in a gilded ceramic frame hangs above Superior’s reinterpretation of the scene. Superior is one of many artists to quote and rework Titian’s composition and subject, including, famously, Édouard Manet in his provocative painting Olympia (1863).
Artist/Maker
Mara Superior
(American, b. 1951)
Title
Venus of Urbino Revived
Date
2017
Material & Process
Porcelain, oxides, underglaze, glaze, gold leaf, and decal
Dimensions
13 x 19 x 3 in. overall
Credit
Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Inventory No.
2019.1
Classification
Sculpture
Location
United States

Related

Roy and Mara Superior Collection represented by Ferrin Contemporary (North Adams, MA); 2018, sold by Ferrin Contemporary to Kohler Foundation Inc. (Kohler, WI); December 2018, gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

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