Artist
Amber CowanAmerican, born 1981
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Powder Box and Offering in River and Jade
Date2022
MediumAmerican pressed glass, metal, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 × 15 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (47 × 39 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Windgate Foundation Accessions Endowment for Living Contemporary Craft Artists, and partial gift of Heller Gallery, New York
Object number2023.117
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History"Amber Cowan: Gathering the Sky, Mining the Milk." Heller Gallery, New York. September 15 - November 19, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Cowan 2022 Powder Box and Offering in River & Jade" [On back cleat in black marker]
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