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Bird in the Dream Tree Man Myth

Bird in the Dream Tree Man Myth

© Jack Earl

Bird in the Dream Tree Man Myth
Bird in the Dream Tree Man Myth
ArtistAmerican, 1934–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bird in the Dream Tree Man Myth
Date1992
PlaceUnited States
MediumPorcelain with electronic music box
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (61.6 × 22.2 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2010.2059
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, October 1994]; Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 23–May 26, 2014; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, September 6, 2014–February 22, 2015; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, August 27–October 25, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Painted in black, on the back of the collared shirt: "BiRD iN The DREAM TREE MAN"
Each word raised on an individual clay rectangle, on the back of the collared shirt base: "JACK" (backwards "K") "EARL" "OHIO" "USA" "1992" (backwards)

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