Figure of a Shepherdess
Artist
Earthenware Factory Damm
(German, 1827 - 1884)
MediumEarthenware
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number71-42/4
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceCaroline Newman Newburger Berkowitz (1899–1997), Kansas City, MO, by December 28, 1971 [1];
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1971 [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.
[2] Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Curatorial Files.
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