Amber Cowan
Powder Box and Offering in River and Jade

Powder Box and Offering in River and Jade

© 2022 Amber Cowan; photograph courtesy Heller Gallery

Powder Box and Offering in River and Jade
Powder Box and Offering in River and Jade
ArtistAmerican, 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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Object Type
Provenance[Heller Gallery, New York, New York, 2022]; purchased by the MFAH, 2023.
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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