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Tattooed Doll II

Tattooed Doll II

Michele Oka Doner

This ceramic sculpture blurs distinctions between human and nonhuman life. Inspired by coral, Michele Oka Doner’s figure imagines the human body as a living marine organism.
Artist/Maker
Michele Oka Doner
(American, b. 1945)
Title
Tattooed Doll II
Date
1968
Material & Process
Porcelain
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 13 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Stephen and Pamela Hootkin
Inventory No.
2017.7.23
Classification
Sculpture
Location
United States

Related

17 December 2011, sold by the artist, Michele Oka Doner (New York, NY), to Stephen and Pamela Hootkin (New York, NY); 25 July 2014, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 19 May 2017, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Chazen Museum of Art. "The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection." exh. cat. Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 36, 110-111

  • Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection, The: Chazen Museum of Art, 9/5/2014–11/30/2014

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