Ron Nagle
Scent of the Emperor

Scent of the Emperor

© Ron Nagle

Scent of the Emperor
Scent of the Emperor
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Scent of the Emperor
Date1999
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (7.9 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.986
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Precious," Ceramic Millennium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999.

"The Scholar's Eye," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 16–September 1, 2008.

"Electric Mud," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, January 17–March 28, 2009.

"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4–June 3, 2012.

"Regarding George Ohr: Contemporary Ceramics in the Spirit of the Mad Potter,"
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, November 7, 2017–April 8, 2018.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
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