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Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Yokuts)
Title
Basket
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Coiled willow, redbud, sedge, and quail feathers
Dimensions
6 x 12 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.111
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

To 1971, Green Collection; 1971, sold via auction through Parke Bernet [lot #98] (New York) 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. 24, no. 17
  • 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. 81, no. 6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 105
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1984-1985." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1985. p. 57
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 44
  • Herzog, Melanie, "Gathering Functions, Gathering Meaning: American Indian Baskets at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." In Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997, Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 44, no. 4
  • Denker, Bert. "The Substance of Style: Perspectives on the American Arts and Crafts Movement." Winterthur, 1996 p. 81, no. 6

  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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