Button Blanket

Arts of the Americas

c. 1970

Chief Lelooska (Don Smith) (Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Sewid and Cherokee, 1933–1996)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Chief Lelooska (Don Smith)
Title: Button Blanket
Place: Ariel (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1960–1975
Medium: Wool and commercial buttons
Dimensions: 121.6 × 145 cm (47 7/8 × 57 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Van Zelst Family Collection
Reference Number: 2007.388

Chicago, IL, Shedd Aquarium, Apr.–Dec. 1991.

Squash Blossom Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, before 1977; sold to Theodore Van Zelst, Glenview, IL, from 1977 [according to documentation provided by the donor in curatorial object file, Arts of the Americas]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

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