The Nora Eccles Harrison Ceramics Collection

The vessel tradition ceramics collection at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of art at Utah State University has been carefully assembled over the last 25 years through generous bequests, gifts, and purchases. Collecting ceramics by the University extends back to the origins of the Department of Fine Arts at U.S.U. in 1956. During the decade of the 70s, the collection became the focal point for the planning of a museum facility to house not only the ceramics collection, but also other collections that had been acquired by the University. In 1979 and 1980 the final planning took form for the construction of this museum to be named the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, for its patron and benefactor, Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison. Through the generosity of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation and Mr. Richard Harrison, nearly 500 ceramic works were contributed to the Museum. During 1984-1989, major additions to the collection included a number of examples of Southwest American Indian ceramics adding to the already existing collection given to the University in 1972 by John S. and Orpha S. Boyden. In a little more than two decades, the collection has grown to more than 1,200 objects and represents the vessel tradition as crafted by over 400 artists. The collection has become the largest regional repository of modern and contemporary American ceramics.

	Larry Elsner, (1930-1990) Bottle, 1988 Stoneware, height: 17 ¾ inches Purchase: Charter Member Endowment
	Artist: Howard Kottler, (1930-1989) Posh Paisley Pot, 1973 Stoneware, height: 16 inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	Maria Montoya Martinez, (1880-1980) Red Platter, ca. 1960 Earthenware, diameter: 13 inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	John Neely, (1953- ) Teapot, 1986 Stoneware with cane handle, height: 2 5/8 inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	Richard Shaw, (1941- ) Still Life Far with Green Apple, 1997 Porcelain, height: 13 7/8 inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	Robert Sperry, (1927-1998) Platter, 1986 Stoneware, diameter: 27 inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	Peter Voulkos, (1924- ) Platter, 1978 Stoneware with porcelain inserts diameter: 31 ½ inches Purchase: Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
	Beatrice Wood, (1983-1998) Double Bottle Form, 1987 Stoneware, height: 71/4 inches Purchase: Charter Member Endowment