Vessel

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Artist Helen Shirk (American, born 1942)

Title Vessel

Date 1984

Medium Painted brass and copper

Dimensions Overall: 10 x 15 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (25.4 x 40.3 x 34.3 cm)

Credit Line Museum purchase in honor of Alma Eikerman, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 89.9.6

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Shirk’s early works were influenced by Alma Eikerman, her MFA mentor at Indiana University. The natural world and the Art Deco style of the 1920s are other important inspirations. She is best known for the richly colored surfaces of her metal vessels. She applies the color with paint, colored pencil, or patinization.

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"Vessel | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=89.9.6