Object number2005.33.8
Pigs
Date1973
Artist
Miles Burkholder Carpenter
(American, 1889-1985)
CultureAmerican
MediumPainted wood and mixed media
DimensionsBox: 11 1/2 in. (29.21 cm)
Piglets (4): 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Mother Pig: 7 1/4 in. (18.42 cm)
Piglets (4): 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (6.67 x 11.43 cm)
Piglets (3): 5 1/4 in. (13.34 cm)
Mother Pig: 14 3/8 in. (36.51 cm)
Box: 17 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. (45.09 x 7.94 cm)
Piglets (3): 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Box: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Piglets (4): 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Mother Pig: 7 1/4 in. (18.42 cm)
Piglets (4): 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (6.67 x 11.43 cm)
Piglets (3): 5 1/4 in. (13.34 cm)
Mother Pig: 14 3/8 in. (36.51 cm)
Box: 17 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. (45.09 x 7.94 cm)
Piglets (3): 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Box: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Pat O’Brien Parsons, class of 1951
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
Signed(bottom of mother pig, black ink) By M B CARPENTER WAVERLY, VA 1973; (bottom of box w/ handle, black ink) MADE By M. B. CARPENTER WAVERLY, VA. 1973
Inscribed(card in color attached to bottom of box with one remaining thumbtack) recto: It's feeding time fro the four little piggies. But look George the Beetle has scared Mrs. Porky out of her wits./ verso: "Aren't you hungry?" asks Jeannie. The ducklings are so fond of swimming that they have almost forgotten about eating.
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "A Museum Menagerie: Highlights from the Permanent Collection," April 25 - August 13, 2017
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