Sampler by Nasca
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Sampler

Nasca · 1 CE-200 CE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by May 21, 1956 [Incoming receipt, RX1913, May 21, 1956, sent care of Rudolfo Byrne, Brooklyn, NY; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969, cat.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Mar. 17-June 11, 1986.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Jan. 17-June 17, 1991.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Mexican, Central, and South American Textiles: A Living Legacy, Oct. 28, 1992-Jan. 17, 1993.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, African and Ancient American Art, Jan. 29-Mar. 23, 1998.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, Feb. 7-Apr. 5, 2001.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, May 21-Sept. 23, 2014.

Literature

Published references

  • Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), 14, pl. 2.
  • Virginia Churchill Bath, Embroidery Masterworks: Classic Patterns and Techniques for Contemporary Application from the Textile Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1972), 4-7 (ill.).
  • Alan R. Sawyer, Early Nasca Needlework (London: Laurence King Publishing, 1997), 72-75, color fig. 51.

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