{"data":{"id":"10418","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":10418,"topgoose_id":9840,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":10418,"title":"Milk and Honey","display_artist_text":"Charles LeDray","display_date":"1994–1996","accession_number":"96.75a-b","dimensions":"Overall: 77 × 30 × 30 in. (195.6 × 76.2 × 76.2 cm)","medium":"2000 porcelain objects, glass, and wood","department":"collection","classification":"Sculpture","credit_line":"Purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":null,"publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles LeDray, \u003cem\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c/em\u003e, 1994–1996. 2000 porcelain objects, glass, and wood, overall: 77 × 30 × 30 in. (195.6 × 76.2 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 96.75a-b\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eTwo years in the making, \u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c/i\u003e comprises a wood-framed glass cabinet with six glass shelves holding two thousand miniature, hand-thrown porcelain vessels—no two are alike. These small pitchers, pots, bowls, and beakers, some characterized by simple symmetry, others by ornate detail, represent a veritable encyclopedia of ceramic styles, referencing both historical and contemporary sources. All are glazed in varying shades of white, forming a ghostly, subtly differentiated array. The miniature scale suggests that we are looking into a private world, perhaps the world of childhood or childhood memories, while the sealed glass vitrine that contains the vessels alludes to obsessive collecting and proud display. The work's title, a reference to a biblical description of a land of abundance, fertility, and promise, suggests the seemingly limitless variety both of the forms of the vessels as well as of what they might contain.\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"A wooden shelving unit holds six glass shelves densely covered with many small white figurines.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T16:31:52.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-02-06T12:00:25.701-05:00","images":[{"id":101248,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/10418/96_75a-b_vw2_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"4432","type":"artist"}]}}}}