Work in Process # 1 (Untitled)
Welded Steel and Hand Blown Glass
7 x 12 x 7 in
(17.78 x 30.48 x 17.78 cm)
Work in Process # 2 (Untitled)
Welded Steel and Hand Blown Glass
5 x 6 x 11 in
(12.7 x 15.24 x 27.94 cm)
Work in Process # 3 (Untitled)
Glass and Metal Fragments
3.5 x 3.5 x 10 in
(8.89 x 8.89 x 25.4 cm
Work in Process # 4 (Untitled)
Steel Wire and Hand Blown Glass
6 x 12 x 7 in
(15.24 x 30.48 x 17.78 cm)
Ann Sperry (1934 - 2008)
Four works in Process
Undated
Steel wire and hand blown glass
These are pieces Ann Sperry was working on at the time of her death. If you were making a sculpture with these pieces, what would you do next?
If you'd like to see large-scale sculptures by Ann Sperry, the Rutgers University libraries have six huge welded steel sculptures that are so heavy they had to be installed with a crane.
The Hudson County Community College Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Sperry Family for the generous donation of this work.
Silver Necklace with Large Green Stone
Silver and Semi-Precious Stones
16 x 3.5 x 0.125 in
(40.64 x 8.89 x 0.32 cm)
Silver Necklace with Two Pink Stones
Silver and Semi-Precious Stones
4 x 4 x 0.125 in
(10.16 x 10.16 x 0.32 cm)
Sister Mary of the Compassion, O.P.
(1908-1977) also known as Constance Mary Rowe
Handmade Silver Necklace and Brooch with Semi-Precious Stones
ca. 1970s
Sister Mary of the Compassion learned silver smithing late in life to make jewelry to sell to support the convent where she lived as a cloistered nun. For more information, see to profile of her, "Creating Jewelry in a Cloister," The New York Times, March 14, 1972.
From the collection of James A. Burns, Music Director of the Blue Chapel, Through Clifford J. Brooks to the HCCC Foundation Acquisition Program.
Evelyn Wilson (1915 - 2006)
Brown Draped Lady
ca. 1990s - 2000s
Ceramic
The Hudson County Community College Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Ben and Evelyn Wilson Foundation for the generous donation of this work.
Evelyn Wilson (1915 - 2006)
Krito and Timarista
ca. 1990s - 2000s
Ceramic
The Hudson County Community College Foundation qratefully acknowledges the Ben and Evelyn Wilson Foundation for the generous donation of this work.
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Evelyn Wilson (1915 - 2006)
Seated Blue Lady
ca. 1995
Thank you to the Ben and Evelyn Wilson Foundation for the generous donation of this work.
Evelyn Wilson (1915 - 2006)
Trio
ca. 1990s - 2000s
Ceramic
The Hudson County Community College Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Ben and Evelyn Wilson Foundation for the generous donation of this work.
Evelyn Wilson said of her work, "I create an idealized world. My figures, often in groupings, relate to each compassion other intimately, expressing love, nurturing, compassion, and serenity- the qualities I value most.” Wilson was both a successful executive in the cosmetics industry and a frequently exhibiting sculptor. She showed her sculpture for over 45 years. Until the 1990s, her work was abstract. After retiring, she started making people out of clay and continued to be "amazingly creative" until her 90th birthday. She was a longtime resident of Blairstown New Jersey, where she lived with her husband, the artist Ben Wilson. Since 2006, when Evelyn Wilson passed, her daughter, Joanne Jaffe, has donated her mother's sculptures to over 65 museums and colleges in the United States.
Genevieve Karr Hamlin
Selt Portrait
1938
Carved Wood
Some are surprised to find out this is a sculpture of a woman. During the period it was made, a style in art made women look strong and powerful. Sometimes, Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals from that era, which you might still see in local post offices, depict women this strong. Can you see a relationship between this kind of art and what was happening in world history in 1938? Genevieve Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art from 1926-1943. She later taught in both New York and Vermont. She was primarily a sculptor.
Given by the Adler Jarach Fund of Equity Foundation through the HCCC Foundation Acquisition Program.
Matte White Ceramic Pot
1.5 x 4 x 4 in
(3.81 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
3 x 11 x 8 in
(7.62 x 27.94 x 20.32 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
5 x 3.5 x 3.5 in
(12.7 x 8.89 x 8.89 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
6 x 6.5 x 4 in
(15.24 x 16.51 x 10.16 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
6 x 10.5 x 5.5 in
(15.24 x 26.67 x 13.97 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
7.5 x 11 x 9.5 in
(19.05 x 27.94 x 24.13 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
7.25 x 6.5 x 6 in
(18.42 x 16.51 x 15.24 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
7 x 6 x 6 in
(17.78 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
7 x 9.5 x 2 in
(17.78 x 24.13 x 5.08 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
8.5 x 6 x 6 in
(21.59 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
9 x 4.75 x 4.75 in
(22.86 x 12.07 x 12.07 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
9 x 4 x 4 in
(22.86 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
12.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 in
(31.75 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm)
Matte White Ceramic Pot
13 x 15 x 3 in
(33.02 x 38.1 x 7.62 cm)
American "folk art" or "craft" pottery --like the matte white work you see here - originally was created because the late 19th and 20th Century architects and builders faced a serious problem. A major construction material then was clay, specifically architectural terracotta, which was used to make facades, roof tile, sculptures, and friezes that adorned many buildings. However, most building occurs in the summer. The pottery industry emerged to provide winter jobs that allowed manufacturers to keep their skilled and artistic laborers employed through the cold winter months. Many of these pots were made by Stangl, a major potter, which started in 1814 making drain pipes in Flemington, New Jersey. Manufacturing also occurred in Trenton from 1926 until 1978, when the company closed. These ceramics were made during the mid-20th Century.
The Hudson County Community College Foundation gratefully acknowledges Benjamin J. Dineen for his generous donation of these works.
Stoneware Jug
13.5 x 9.5 in
(34.29 x 24.13 cm)
Before we were manufacturing art pottery in New Jersey, we were manufacturing whiskey jugs. This one probably dates from the 19th Century. Many have remarked regretfully on the absence of its original contents.
The Hudson County Community College Foundation gratefully acknowledges Benjamin J. Dineen for his generous donation of this work.
