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Exhibition History"Native American Beadwork," Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, February 1, 1998 - May 24, 1998.
"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.
Indians of the Plains, Art and Life in North America, Musee du Quai Branly, France, April 8, 2014 - July 20, 2014; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 20, 2014 - January 18, 2015; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Februray 23, 2015 - May 24, 2015.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.41.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.175.
Torrence, Gaylord. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky. Skira Rizzoli, 2014. Plate 128, p. 287.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 62-63.
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. 197.
Artist
Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty
(b. 1950, Assiniboine/Sioux)
Bag
Date1988
DimensionsOverall: 56 × 27 1/2 in. (142.2 × 69.9 cm)
Object numberT0081a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextJoyce Growing Thunder Fogarty won Best in Show at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1988 with this Horse Medicine Bag. Designed to be placed around a horse’s neck as spiritual protection, it can also be used as a woman’s dance accessory. The beadwork design on the bag is a classic Assiniboine style popular in the late 19th century. Fogarty draws upon elder family members’ tribal knowledge as inspiration for her art, and her art in turn honors her ancestors.Exhibition History"Native American Beadwork," Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, February 1, 1998 - May 24, 1998.
"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.
Indians of the Plains, Art and Life in North America, Musee du Quai Branly, France, April 8, 2014 - July 20, 2014; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 20, 2014 - January 18, 2015; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Februray 23, 2015 - May 24, 2015.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.41.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.175.
Torrence, Gaylord. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky. Skira Rizzoli, 2014. Plate 128, p. 287.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 62-63.
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. 197.
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