Abraham's Faith
Georgia Blizzard
American, 1919–2002

Details
Title
Abraham's Faith
Artist/Maker
Georgia Blizzard (American, 1919–2002)
Date
1996
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds raised in recognition of the 25th anniversary of Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia and gifts from the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust and Jill and Jennings Hertz
Accession #
2000.169
On View
Currently not on view
Georgia Blizzard was a highly innovative self-taught potter who lived in Appalachia her entire life. She began working with clay at the age of eight and continued into her eighties to dig clay from a spot in front of her home in the mountains of Appalachia, where she used a small dug-out pit to fire each of her works. Making “pieces about something that’s touched me,” Blizzard created hand-built vessels that most often are portraits or depict narrative scenes. On Abraham’s Faith, bas-relief decoration depicts the events surrounding the sacrifice of Isaac.
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