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Exhibition History"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
Extended Loan AAOA (following Met Thaw Travelling Exhibit), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, October 16, 2017 - April 16. 2019.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceAlton L. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado, collected in Sitka, Alaska, c. 1883; Miss Foster B. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Alice Bemis Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1928; Taylor Museum (5159), Colorado Springs, 1954
BibliographyDouglas, Frederic H., and Rene d'Harnoncourt. Indian Art of the United States. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941. Reprinted New York: Arno Press, 1969, p. 163.
Covarrubias, Miguel. El Arte Indigena de Norteamerica: Exposicion Celebrada en el Museo Nacional de Antropologia del xx fr marso al xx de abril de 1945. Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Economica, 1945, p. p. 62, pl. 29.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: A History and Selections from the Permanent Collections. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1986, p.123.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." The Magazine Antiques. Vol CXLVIII, no. 1, (July 1995): p.68, pl.XI.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.82.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.363.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 122-123.
Murdock, Michelle, ed. 50 at 20: Masterpieces of American Indian Art from the Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2015, p. 28.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 402.
Culture
Tlingit or Tsimshian
Bent-Corner Dish
Date1750-1800
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 13 in. (22.9 × 33 cm)
Object numberT0199
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextFeasts are central to hosting a potlatch and bowls such as this held food at these feasts. The bulges in the sides of this dish are particularly graceful and effective in conveying the idea of the bounty contained in the vessel. The saturation of oil has caused this bowl to turn a rich black color. This is a strong indicator of generations of use to acquire this amount of oil impregnation.Exhibition History"Treasures from the Thaw Collection," Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, NM, May 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
Extended Loan AAOA (following Met Thaw Travelling Exhibit), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, October 16, 2017 - April 16. 2019.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceAlton L. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado, collected in Sitka, Alaska, c. 1883; Miss Foster B. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Alice Bemis Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1928; Taylor Museum (5159), Colorado Springs, 1954
BibliographyDouglas, Frederic H., and Rene d'Harnoncourt. Indian Art of the United States. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941. Reprinted New York: Arno Press, 1969, p. 163.
Covarrubias, Miguel. El Arte Indigena de Norteamerica: Exposicion Celebrada en el Museo Nacional de Antropologia del xx fr marso al xx de abril de 1945. Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Economica, 1945, p. p. 62, pl. 29.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: A History and Selections from the Permanent Collections. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1986, p.123.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." The Magazine Antiques. Vol CXLVIII, no. 1, (July 1995): p.68, pl.XI.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.82.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.363.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 122-123.
Murdock, Michelle, ed. 50 at 20: Masterpieces of American Indian Art from the Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2015, p. 28.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 402.
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