The Patient Spitz Dog
With Caroline Newman Newburger Berkowitz (1899–1997), Kansas City, MO, by 1983-1993 [1];
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1993 [2].
NOTES:
[1] Caroline Newburger married Eugene Bertram Berkowitz (1889-1966) in 1922, the year after graduating from Smith College, establishing a likely beginning date for the beginning of her collecting interests. Laura R. Hockaday, “Berkowitz matriarch believes in putting family first,” Kansas City Star (January 12, 1992): H4. On loan from Caroline Berkowitz to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1983–1993.
[2] The date of acceptance was February 19, 1994, although the works were considered 1993 year end gifts. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Curatorial Files.
Kurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim. Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: L. Wilckens, 1930): no. 489, p. 81; plate 82e (ill).
K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): no. 411, p. 242.
Patricia Stahl. Höchster Porzellan, 1746-1796, exh. cat. (Frankfurt am Main: Historisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main/Edition Braus, 1994): no. 6.11.22, p. 280 (ill.)
