Art Institute of Chicago
Teardrop I
Magdalene Odundo · 1996
Provenance
Ownership history
- Anthony Slater-Ralph Fine Art, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1996; sold to the Art Institute, 1997.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Women’s Work: African Terracotta Vessels, July 26–Sept. 14, 1997, no cat.
- Chicago, Ill., Columbia College Art Gallery, Contemporary African Art, Feb. 12–Apr. 16, 2001. no cat.
- Chicago, Ill, Museum of Contemporary Art, Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago, Feb. 29-Sept. 13, 2020.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, Dec 15, 2024–Mar 30, 2025; Museu d'Art Contemporani (Barcelona, Spain), Nov. 6, 2025-April 6, 2026; Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences, London, June 11-Sept. 6, 2026.
Literature
Published references
- Simon Olding, “Magdalene Odundo: Ceramics and Curatorship,” in Anthony Slater-Ralph, ed., Magdalene Odundo (Hampshire and Burlington, Vt.: Lund Humphries, 2004), pp. 63-89; 79, 118 (ill.), cat. 111.
- A. Byrd et al. eds. Project a black planet : the art and culture of Panafrica (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2024), 167 (ill.).
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