
Art Institute of Chicago
Vessel for Serving Beer
Northern Nguni · 1940/1950
Provenance
Ownership history
- Third World Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, by 1994; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1994; sold to the Art Institute, 1994.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Women’s Work: African Terracotta Vessels, July 26-Sep. 14, 1997.
- Chicago, Ill., The Columbia College Art Gallery, Columbia College, African Body Arts: Visual Biographies, Feb. 16-April 11, 1998, no cat.
- Knoxville, Tenn., Frank H. McClung Museum, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Jan. 10–May 18, 2003.
Literature
Published references
- “Visual Biographies,” Tribal Arts 17 (Spring 1998), p. 28 (ill.)
- William J. Dewey, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, exh. cat. (Knoxville, Tenn.: Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 2003), p. 34, pl. 33.
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