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Artist
Unknown (Apache)
Title
Basket
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Coiled willow and devil's claw
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.103
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

1971, sold by Fred Rosenstock (Denver, CO) to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst (Glenview, IL); November 1984, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Gordon, Beverly and Melanie Herzog. "American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience," Elvehjem Museum of Art, exh. cat., 1988. p. 20, no. 1
  • Herzog, Melanie. "Aesthetics and Meanings: The Arts and Crafts Movement and the Revival of American Indian Basketry." In "The Substance of Style," edited by Bert Denker. Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthur Museum, 1996. pp. 69-91. p. 75, no. 2
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 10, No. 3, June /July/ August 1994. p. 5
  • Denker, Bert. "The Substance of Style: Perspectives on the American Arts and Crafts Movement." Winterthur, 1996 p. 75, no. 2

  • Native American Designs in the Southwest: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/29/1994–9/25/1994
  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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