McCarty Pottery: Love. Life. Clay.
On view beginning April 19, 2018
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Nutmeg Bowl." glazed stoneware, 9 x 9 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.154
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Jade Covered Dish with Fish." glazed stoneware. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.153a
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Jade Chalice." glazed stoneware. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.152
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Jade Charger." glazed stoneware, 24 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.145
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Nutmeg Bud Vases." glazed stoneware. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.149; 2017.15; 2017.151
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Jade Vase." glazed stoneware, 24 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.143
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Large Nutmeg Plate." glazed stoneware. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.147
Lee and Pup McCarty (1923-2015; 1926-2009), "Jade Jar with Holes." glazed stoneware, 20 in. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. Gift of Frank and Ivy Alley. 2017.144
Lee and Pup McCarty worked side by side for 64 years. In 1954, the McCartys lived and worked in a mule barn in Merigold, Mississippi, creating together a pottery design that would become nationally and internationally known. The trademarked “river,” a small black wavy line would become synonymous with the signature glazes of nutmeg brown, cobalt blue, and jade.
This exhibition is representative of a small portion of those decades of creating pottery designs of worldwide acclaim.
