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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Midwest; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York; Joel and Kate Kopp, New York City; private collection; W.E. Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for W. E. Channing. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.17, No.4 (Autumn 1992): inside front cover.
W.E. Channing. 22 October 1994, lot 117.
Maine Antique Digest, Vol.XXIII,no.2.p.2-B , 1995.
King, J.H.C. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.21, No.3. (Summer 1996): 38.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.38.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy ediitons d'Art, 1999, p.42, fig. 30.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 49.
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. 21.
Culture
Seminole
Shirt
Datec. 1920
DimensionsOverall: 61 × 50 in. (154.9 × 127 cm)
Object numberT0309
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis man’s shirt sometimes referred to as a big shirt, features the rich colors and bold patterns associated with Seminole clothing. Long patchwork strips are sewn together and the resulting fabric is then cut to make shirts for men and boys or skirts for women and girls. Over time the designs have become more complicated, and today some Seminole people wear this type of colorful clothing on special occasions.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Midwest; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York; Joel and Kate Kopp, New York City; private collection; W.E. Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyAdvertisement for W. E. Channing. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.17, No.4 (Autumn 1992): inside front cover.
W.E. Channing. 22 October 1994, lot 117.
Maine Antique Digest, Vol.XXIII,no.2.p.2-B , 1995.
King, J.H.C. "The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art." American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.21, No.3. (Summer 1996): 38.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.38.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris: Somogy ediitons d'Art, 1999, p.42, fig. 30.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 49.
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. 21.
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