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Strawberry Thief
William Morris · Design 1883, made 1883–1917
Provenance
Ownership history
- Kurland-Zabar, New York, by Aug. 28, 1991 [invoice, May 13, 1992; incoming receipt RX19027, Aug. 28, 1991; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1988–1992, Mar. 30–July 24, 1994.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Twenty Years of Textile Society Collecting (1978–1998), Dec. 20, 1997–Mar. 22, 1998.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, Nov. 25, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Islamic Art Galleries, rotation, Mar. 21, 2018.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty, Dec. 18, 2021–June 13, 2022, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Melinda Watt, "William Morris, Strawberry Thief, 1883" in Highlights of the Art Institute of Chicago, James Rondeau, ed. (Yale University Press, 2026), 128, 261, cat. 91 (ill.).
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