Jeffry Mitchell
The Mushroom

The Mushroom
The Mushroom
The Mushroom
ArtistAmerican, born 1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Mushroom
Date2012
MediumTerra cotta and porcelain slip
Dimensions45 × 10 × 15 in. (114.3 × 25.4 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mark and Hilarie Moore Family Trust in memory of Neil E. Moore
Object number2016.288.A-.E
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; [Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Expo Chicago 2012," AMBACH & RICE, Chicago, 2012.

"New Works By," AMBACH & RICE, Los Angeles, March 2–30, 2013.

“Ceramics Invitational 2015 – North West Clay,” Traver Gallery, Seattle, April 2–26, 2015.

"Mending: Craft and Community, Selection from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019.

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