Object Details
- Artist
- Jim Melchert, born New Bremen, OH 1930-died Oakland, CA 2023
- Luce Center Label
- Ghost Plate with Mickey Mouse Ears is Jim Melchert’s favorite piece from a series of works created in 1964. He was inspired by a line from Ingmar Bergman’s film The Silence that reads, “One must tread carefully among the ghosts in your past.” Melchert decorated the plates and jars of this series with masks and used them to work through issues from his past. The ghost in this piece wears a Mickey Mouse hat. This is a playful image, but is also meant to evoke the humiliation of a child wearing a dunce cap.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
- 1964
- Object number
- 2001.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Ceramic
- Crafts
- Medium
- glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- 4 x 14 in. (10.2 x 35.6 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 54A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\vehicle
- Figure\head
- Figure male\full length
- Cartoon\comics\Mickey Mouse
- State of being\phenomenon\occult
- Record ID
- saam_2001.8
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fafc1497-4263-4133-81ad-3a4132bb88d9
