Judy Kensley McKie
Opossum Handle

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Opossum Handle
Date2003
MediumBronze, edition 4/32
Dimensions19 3/16 × 2 11/16 × 3 1/8 in. (48.7 × 6.8 × 8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio
Object number2024.1236
Not on view

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Provenance[Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, NY]; purchased by Peter and Frances Marzio c.2010; Bequest of Frances Marzio, 2024


The Marzios were very interested in Judy McKie's bronze furniture after being introduced to it by MFAH curator Cindi Strauss. They purchased two pairs of door handles (Opposum and Gekko) for use in their Aspen and Houston homes. Both pairs were delivered to Houston and when MFAH trustee Caroline Wiess Law saw them she wanted them too. So the Marzios gave her one of each pair. Both of them displayed them as sculpture. After Mrs. Law's death, the two pieces in her possession presumably went to Leslie Elikins Sasser.
Exhibition Historyn/a
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised on base: © / 4/32 JKM / 03
Artist initials incised on base: JKM
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Catalogue raisonnén/a

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