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You Mist, Again (Rattle)

2019

American, born 1980

Cotton, crystals, wood, polyester, rattle snake skin, deer and porcupine hair, braiding hair, shoe, acrylic beads, bullet shells, deer raw hide

108 x 70 x 14 in. (274.3 x 177.8 x 35.6 cm)

Gift of Janice Niemi and Dennis Braddock

2020.22.2

Provenance: The artist; purchased from artist by Janice Niemi and Dennis Braddock, Seattle, Washington; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Natalie Ball: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake, Aug. 10 - Nov. 17, 2019.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reverberations: Contemporary Art and Modern Classics, Dec. 22, 2022 - ongoing [on view beginning June 14, 2023].

Published ReferencesNoyes, Chandra. “How Natalie Ball’s Sculptures Reframe Native Identity.” Art & Object, August 29, 2019, https://www.artandobject.com/shorts/how-natalie-balls- sculptures-reframe-native-identity. Reproduced.

Gilsdorf, Bean. “Deerhide and Polyester: Natalie Ball Crafts Monuments to Indigenous Resistance.” Art in America, September 30, 2019, https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/deerhide-and-polyester-natalie-ball-crafts-monuments-to-indigenous-resistance. Reproduced.

Edge. Lisa. “Textile Twinkle: Natalie Ball’s contemporary sculptures showcased at Seattle Art Museum.” Real Change, vol. 26, no. 40, October 2-8, 2019; pp. 6-7, reproduced (detail). [A version of this article appeared online under the title “Textile Twinkle: Natalie Ball’s contemporary mixed-media sculptures showcased at Seattle Art Museum,” reproduced. https://www.realchangenews.org/2019/10/02/textile-twinkle-natalie-balls-contemporary-mixed-media-sculputures-showcased-seattle-art]

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