Artist
Diego RomeroAmerican, born 1964
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Lynching
Date2004
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 × 10 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (12.4 × 27.3 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.1034
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Free Spirit: The New Native American Potter," Stedelijk Museum s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 2006.
"Craft in America: Expanding Traditions," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, April 13–June 24, 2007; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, July 22–September 23, 2007; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, October 20, 2007–January 27, 2008; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, February 22–May 4, 2008; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 8–September 14, 2008; National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, October 11, 2008–January 18, 2009; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, February 21–May 25, 2009.
"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4–June 3, 2012.
"The Geometric Landscape: Selections from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 24, 2019–January 5, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in gold on exterior below rim: "CHONGO MADE AND PAiNTED ME"
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Russel Wright
Designed 1939, made 1939–1959
Earthenware and glass
2007.1120.1-.15
