Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Plantations in Head (Ornament)

USA, 1900
<p>This is a full length sculpture of a naked woman standing on a box. They are both glazed dark grey. Her arms are broken off one above the elbow the other below the elbow. There is a wrapped tied bundle on her head, it is glazed tan.</p>
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural:
Installation - small/intimate scale
Method: N/A
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes: N/A
Cristina Cordova | 1972 – Present

Cristina Cordova is known for hand-built figurative ceramic sculpture. Signature forms include the human bust, life sized human figures, and monumental human figures that can reach up to 7 feet tall. Cordova often sets her sculptures in an environment with either a wall treatment or the addition of elements that can include clay forms or other materials. She is known to expand the presence of wall pieces by including elements that are separate from the main object.

Experience as a dancer, and early exposure to venerated figures in Catholicism, greatly influences the trajectory of Cordova's work.

Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection

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