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Copper City Rodeo is a hand-built, stoneware vessel decorated
with a cowgirl and horse in different configurations, a
playfully Western version of the Autio’s mythic imagery
of women and animals. The title is a reference to Butte,
the artist’s hometown, where his father worked in
the mines and his mother ran a boarding house.
Title: |
Copper City Rodeo |
Artist: |
Rudy Autio (b. 1926)
In addition to creating his own artwork, Rudy Autio—who
is widely regarded as one of the state’s top
ceramicists—also taught at the University of
Montana for many years.
Among his countless accolades,
in 1980 he became one of the first Montanans to be
presented with a Governor’s Award for the Arts. |
Medium: |
Stoneware vase |
Date: |
1982 |
Dimensions: |
18” x 19” x 15” |
Location: |
Justice/State Library Building, 4th floor lobby,
east end |
MHS Number: |
X1985.18.01 |
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