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The Old Bag Next Door is Nuts

Howard Kottler American, 1930 - 1989
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About the Artwork

The Old Bag Next Door is Nuts

1976

Howard Kottler

1930 - 1989

American

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Slipcast earthenware, ceramic decals, wood

Overall: 11 × 9 1/2 × 8 inches (27.9 × 24.1 × 20.3 cm)

Sculpture

Contemporary Art after 1950

Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

2024.235

Copyright Not Evaluated

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Signed, in black type, on bottom right, back: HOWARD KOTTLER

Labeled, white on black label tape, lower right of wood base: THE OLD BAG NEXT DOOR IS NUTS Yaw Gallery label with typed artist statement: “I think that there is a nice play in this | piece between the illusionism of the wood | decel, [sic] wood contact paper and real wood in | addition to the real illusion in the unreal | world of scale.” | Howard Kottler | February 1977

Provenance

February 1977, sold by (Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1977-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024

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Published References

Illusionistic-Realism Defined in Contemporary Sculpture. Exh. cat., Laguna Beach Museum of Art. Laguna Beach, 1977, p. 11 (ill.).

The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. Exh. cat., Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, 1981, p. 36 (ill.); p. 62.

Failing, Patricia. Howard Kottler: Face to Face. Seattle, 1995, pp. 67 (ill.)-68.

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Howard Kottler, The Old Bag Next Door is Nuts, 1976, slipcast earthenware, ceramic decals, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.235.

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