Richard T. Notkin
Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools)

Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools)

© Richard T. Notkin

Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools)
Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools)
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools)
Date1979
PlaceMyrtle Point, Oregon, United States
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 2 in. (24.1 × 29.2 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
Object number2007.994
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; given to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Richard Notkin," Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1980.

"Richard Notkin," Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1981.

"Faculty Exhibition," Montana State University, Bozeman, 1981.

"Richard Notkin," Quay Gallery, San Francisco, 1981.

Governor's Ceremonial Office, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, 1982.

"Faculty Exhibition," Ohio State University, Columbus, 1982.

"Ronna Neuenschwander and Richard T. Notkin," Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, 1983.

"Passages," Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, 25 September - 7 November 1999; The Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana, 18 November - 27 December 1999; The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 12 January - 27 February 2000.

"Voices in Ceramics," Honggah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 3 May - 1 June 2003; National Chiao Tungn University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 5 June - 25 June 2003.

"The Scholar's Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 May - 1 September 2008.

"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 March - 3 June, 2012.





Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks on piece.
Display case has one white sticker on underside: "NNI / 037"
No visible signature.

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