
Art Institute of Chicago
Polychrome Jar
Fannie Nampeyo · c. 1975
Provenance
Ownership history
- Marjorie and Charles Benton (1931–2015), Evanston, IL, from 1970s [according to R. Townsend memo; copy in curatorial object file; Dittert and Plog 1980, 33-34, fig. 19]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Flagstaff, AZ, <em>Generations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest</em> (organized by American Federation of Arts, New York), July 1980–Oct. 1980, cat. fig. 19; Richmond, VA, Museum of Fine Arts, Nov. 18, 1980–Jan. 4, 1981; Madison, WI, Elvehjem Museum of Art [Chazen Museum of Art], University of Wisconsin–Madison, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 1981; Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, May 13–June 28, 1981; Santa Ana, CA, Bowers Museum, closed Sept. 30, 1981; Midland, MI, Midland Center for the Arts, Nov. 1–29, 1981; Seattle Art Museum, Jan. 21–Mar. 14, 1982; Phoenix, AZ, Heard Museum, May–June 6, 1982.
Literature
Published references
- Alfred Dittert, Jr., and Fred Plog, <em>Generations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest</em>, exh. cat. (Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press in cooperation with American Federation of Arts, 1980), 33–34, fig. 19.
- David L. Arnold, "Pueblo Pottery: 2,000 Years of Artistry," <em>National Geographic Magazine</em> 162, 5 (Nov. 1982): 97 (ill.).
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