id: 161425 accession number: 2000.117 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.117 updated: 2023-08-23 23:50:02.225000 Moonstone, 1998. Joel Stewart. Aquatint; sheet: 87.9 x 71.7 cm (34 5/8 x 28 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Joel Stewart in honor of his parents 2000.117 title: Moonstone title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1998 creation date earliest: 1998 creation date latest: 1998 current location: creditline: Gift of Joel Stewart in honor of his parents copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: aquatint department: Prints collection: PR - Aquatint type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Joel Stewart - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 87.9 x 71.7 cm (34 5/8 x 28 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Attracted to the surface textures and shapes of Japanese pottery, Joel Stewart heightens the viewer's experience by portraying pots in iconic formats, oversized to fill the entire composition. His love of watercolor is revealed in his prints such as "Moonstone", in which fluid washes of aquatint are used to describe the mottled exterior of a large vessel. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES