Recent Acquisitions (2018) – Museum of the Red River

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Recent Acquisitions

Recent Acquisitions includes works by Toshiko Takaezu, Chase Kahwinhut Earles, Acee Blue Eagle, Mayumi Makino Kiefer, and others. The show also features ethnographic art from around the world. The items on display were selected from the 650 objects the Museum obtained within the past year. A few of the selected works can be seen below.

The exhibit will remain on display until February 27, 2019. To learn more about about the Museum’s collections, click here.

Recent donors to the Museum’s Collections include: Anonymous, Carey Tuckey (Gift from the O.V. Shaffer Collection), Carl Rubenstein, Cindy Kennedy, David Modal, Diana and Jeni Gettys-Bourke, Dr. David and Karina Rilling, Dr. Enesto and Luisa Lira, Dr. Robert and Pamela Brooks, Friend of the Museum, Gregory Shepard, Henrietta Burnette, Howard Chorast, John and Sue Hinkel, June Beasley, Mayumi Makino Kiefer, Michael Bernstein, Michael and Kimberly Cutchall, Ray Trotter, Robert Chorost, Ronald Moore, Ron and Lynne Wetherell, R. Weiss, Sally Gettys, Sue Kennedy, Vickie Smith

Untitled painting, ca. 1930 – 1940 by Acee Blue Eagle (Creek/Pawnee, 1909 to 1959). Museum Purchase.

Tea bowl and drip pot, ca. 1970 by Toshiko Takzezu (American, 1922 – 2011). Gift of Ron and Lynne Wetherell to the Museum’s Baker, Beasley, Wetherell Collection.

Flower vase, 2018 by Tadashi Hirakawa (Japanese, b. 1955).

Kah Kee Binsta, 2017 by Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo, b.1976). Museum Purchase.

Three Soldier’s Repurposed, 2017 by Mayumi Makino Kiefer (Japanese-American). Gift of the Artist.

Buddhist Deity, ca. 5th century, AD. Northern Jin Dynasty (China). Gift of Michael Cutchall.

Masked Dancer Figure, 20th century. Tilcajete, Oaxaca (Mexico). Gift of Sally Gettys.

Textile Fragment, ca. 100 – 800. North Coast (Peru). Gift of Ronald Moore.

Cup with human and jaguar effigies, ca. 900 – 1100. Wari (South Coast Peru). Anonymous Donation.

Lidded “bean pot”, ca. 1960 – 1980. Tlaquepaque, Jalisco (Mexico). Gift of Dr. Robert and Pamela Brooks.

Turtle Effigy Vessel, ca. 250 BC – AD 250. Colima (West Mexico). Gift of Robert Chorost.

Bowl, ca. 900 – 1200. Anasazi Culture (Southwest United States). Gift of R. Weiss.

Vessel, ca. 1200 – 1500. Hodges Engraved Type (Caddo). From the Collection of Robert and Mary Kirkey, Columbus Ohio.

Mask, ca. 1990 – 2000. Iatmul Peoples (Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea). Gift of Cindy Kennedy

Idabel, OK (November 16, 2018)—The Museum of the Red River’s current exhibit, Recent Acquisitions, includes works by Toshiko Takaezu, Chase Kahwinhut Earles, Acee Blue Eagle, Mayumi Makino Kiefer, and others. The show also features ethnographic art from around the world. The items were selected from the 650 objects the Museum obtained within the past year. The exhibit will remain on display until January 27, 2019. Highlights from the show are available online.

One of the show’s highlights is a vase by Japanese artist Tadashi Hirawaka and a bottle by his apprentice, Yukiko Akai. Mr. Hirawaka’s ceramics are highly sought-after, especially within the Japanese ikebana (flower-arranging) community. Ms. Akai’s bottle was inspired by the Museum’s collection of traditional Caddoan pottery. The two ceramics were made in North America’s only tsuchigama kiln, in nearby Sevier County. The kiln is a successful recreation of Japan’s earliest “slope” kilns. The tsuchigama project is the result of decades of research by Mr. Hirakawa and a team of archaeologists, curators, and other artists. More information about the project is available online.

Another outstanding acquisition is an untitled painting (pictured) by Acee Blue Eagle, one of the 20th century’s most important native American figures. He was an authority on native history, legend, art, and law. He was so influential that at the age of 26, he conducted a series of lectures on Indian art throughout Europe. During his lifetime, Blue Eagle’s works were displayed in some of the nation’s most prestigious galleries. He received a number of awards, including a medal from Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. Most of his work remains in private collections. This is the fourth piece by Acee Blue Eagle that the Museum has acquired.

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