Art Institute of Chicago
Water or Storage Container
Hausa · Early/mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Aladji Barre Gabai [African dealer who sold his wares across the United States, according to conversation with Douglas Dawson]; by 2002; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 2002; sold to Keith Achepohl, 2002; given to the Art Institute, 2005.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection, Dec. 3, 2005–Feb. 20, 2006, cat. 17.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection (The Art Institute and Yale University Press, 2005), pp. 56-57.
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Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
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