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American Decorative Arts
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Maker: Mark Nantz, American, born 1969
Solomon’s Nebula
1997
Amboyna burl and ebony
4 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (11.43 × 22.54 cm)
Gift of Ruth and David Waterbury, B.A. 1958
2015.5.1
Geography:
Made in Colchester, Connecticut
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Containers - Wood
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist at Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2000; Ruth and David Waterbury, Minneapolis; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2014
Bibliography:
Glenn Adamson et al., Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2011), 180, 246, no. 366, ill.
“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
