Medieval and Renaissance Ceramics from the Kassebaum Collection

10 March–24 April 1983

The Kassebaum collection, which consists of over 400 ceramics, has been assembled over the past several decades by John Phillip Kassebaum, Honorary Curator of Ceramics at the Helen Foreman Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, and is regarded as the foremost private collection of ceramics in the country. The exhibition consisted of 60 examples of tin-oxide earthenware dating from the 10th through the 18th centuries from the Near East, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and England. The exhibit examines the development of techniques as well as the emergence of various centers for production and stylistic innovation. Linda Seidel, Associate Professor of Art; Edward A. Maser, Professor of Art and Germanic Languages and Literatures; John Carswell, Curator of the Oriental Institute Museum; and Richard A. Born, Curator of the Gallery delivered lectures in conjunction with the exhibition.

Curator: The exhibition was organized by the Spencer Museum of Art, and has been displayed at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Following its presentation at the Smart Gallery, the exhibit will travel to the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Amarillo Art Center. Richard A. Born organized the exhibition for the Smart Museum. 

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