David Ellsworth
Iwa from the Solstice Series

Iwa from the Solstice Series
Iwa from the Solstice Series
ArtistAmerican, 1944–2025
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Iwa from the Solstice Series
Date1991
MediumScorched ash, red dye, metallic fabric paint
DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 × 10 × 6 in. (27.6 × 25.4 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fleur S. Bresler
Object number2025.199
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Fleur Bresler, gifted to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryDavid Ellsworth: A Retrospective, James A. Michener Museum (New Hope, PA), 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised in base of vessel: "ITU" / [symbols]

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