Art Institute of Chicago
it was gold, it was radiant and reasonable
Sabina Ott · 2013
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; by descent to her husband, John Paulett, Oak Park, IL; given to Tom Burtonwood, Oak Park, IL, Apr., 2021; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 8, 2022.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, The Tyranny of Good Taste, Nov. 14, 2013–Jan. 24, 2014, no cat.; Kansas City, MO, Charlotte Street Foundation, Feb. 7–Mar. 29, 2014.
- Chicago Cultural Center, Sabina Ott: here and there pink melon joy, Aug. 30, 2014–Jan. 4, 2015, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Claudine Isa, “Shedding tyranny with found objects: Artists long ago stripped ‘good taste’ of real significance,” Chicago Tribune, Jan. 9, 2014, 3 (color ill.).
- Michelle Grabner, “Methodology of the Marvelous,” in Sabina Ott: here and there pink melon joy, exh. brochure (Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center, 2014), n.p. (color ill.).
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