Lisa Norton (American, b. 1962) "Useful Project with Sentimental Appeal", USA, 1987

Bronze, sheet metal fabrication, etched and stamped, with intaglio
Impressed lettering to interior floor of vessel: "USEFUL PROJECT WITH SENTIMENTAL APPEAL, FEBRUARY 1987, BEAUTY AS THE PROMISE OF FUNCTION"

H; 17 3/4, W: 17 1/2, D: 12 3/8 in.

Exhibited

"Contemporary Crafts from the Collection of Robert L. Pfannebecker, Esq. '55", Rothman Gallery. The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 13 - December 8, 2000
"Customary Objects: Metalworks by Lisa Norton", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, January 1996.
"Ready-Mades: Simulacrum", Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, Texas, September 1990
Winner, Third Prize, "Young Americans", a national competition organized by the American Craft Museum of the American Craft Council, September 15 - October 28, 1988
Illustrated in the accompanying exhibition catalogue (p. 11) and in an accompanying article in "American Craft", August/September 1988

Artist Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1962, Lisa Norton is a Chicago-based artist who earned her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1985 and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1987. Norton is a faculty member and Director of Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection