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Serpent Bowl
Image provided by donor - not for public use.
Image provided by donor - not for public use.

Serpent Bowl

Artist Ruenell Foy Temps (American, 1940 - 2020)
Date1975-1979
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (17.78 × 21.59 × 14.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Ruenell Foy Temps
Object number2025.82.4
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWheel-thrown bowl with applied handles in shapes of serpents positioned above additional curling handles and supported by four feet in the form of Ionic capitalsProvenance

The artist;

By inheritance to her husband, Clifford Temps, 2020;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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Untitled
Ruenell Foy Temps
1974
2025.82.7
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Ruenell Foy Temps
1970-1974
2025.82.2.1,2
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Ruenell Foy Temps
ca. 2000-2015
2025.82.3
Image provided by donor - not for public use.
Ruenell Foy Temps
1970-1974
2025.82.1.1-4
Image provided by donor - not for public use.
Ruenell Foy Temps
1970-1974
2025.82.5.1-4
Image provided by donor - not for public use.
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1970-1974
2025.82.6
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