Rose Misanchuk modeled this pair of ceramic figures after two 18th-century portraits by British painters. The Blue Boy is a famous painting by Thomas Gainsborough. It hangs in the same gallery with Pinkie by Thomas Lawrence at the Huntington Museum in San Marino, California.
CeramicsRose Misanchuk
Rose Misanchuk
Blue Boy and Pinkie
Rose Misanchuk (Canadian, b. 1956)
Blue Boy and Pinkie 1998
ceramic
17.75 x 7.6 x 5.4″ (Blue Boy)
Kamm Collection 1998.14.1-2
Photo: Tony Cunha