Art Institute of Chicago
Storage Vessel (Mulondo)
Songye · Mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Thomas Alexander, Alexander Gallery, St. Louis, Mo., by 1995; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., by 1995; sold to Keith Achepohl, Iowa City, Iowa, 1995; given to the Art Institute, 1995.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Ill., Columbia College Art Gallery, Spirits and Spouses: Gender Roles in African Art, Feb. 12-Apr. 5, 1996, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Women's Work: African Terracotta Vessels, July 26-Sept. 14, 1997, no cat.
- Art Institute of Chicago, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection, Dec. 3, 2005-Feb. 20, 2006, cat. 100.
Literature
Published references
- Douglas Dawson Gallery, African Ceramics: Ancient and Historic Earthenware Vessels (Chicago: Douglas Dawson Gallery, 1993), pp. 32 (ill.).
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection (The Art Institute and Yale University Press, 2005), pp. 161-162 (ill.).
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