Brosseau Center for Learning: Menagerie
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview

Brosseau Center for Learning: Menagerie
June 21, 2022–August 14, 2022
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
This installation highlights figurative sculptures and other depictions of animals in the permanent collection.
Works of art
Bennett Pottery
pitcher,
1849–1856
Philbrook & Tucker
Suffolk Bitters pig-shaped bottle,
circa 1870–1874
Philbrook & Tucker
鯱 shachihoko (carp with tiger head),
1890s, Meiji period (1868–1910)
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Greyhound chimney ornament,
1800s
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
vase,
1860–1891
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
figural bottle,
late 1800s
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
figural bottle of a dog,
1933
Illinois Glass Company
fish shaped bitters bottle,
circa 1916–1929
Illinois Glass Company
toad,
1500s–1700s
Charles Marion Russell; Homer E. Britzman; Nelli Art Bronze Works
Lunch Hour,
1941–1943
Patricia DuBose Duncan
American Bison,
1977
John Sandlin
Tortoise in the Rain,
1992
Charles Banks Wilson
Wild and Free,
1962
Saitō Kiyoshi
梅雨、鎌倉 (Rainy Season, Tsuyu, Kamakura),
1985, Showa period (1926–1989)
Keiko Minami
untitled (fish and leaves),
1972, Showa period (1926–1989)
William Andrew Pacheco
Dinosaur storage jar,
2000
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Greyhound chimney ornament,
1800s
unrecorded Onitsha artist
agbogho mmuo mask,
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
horned lizard figure,
late 1800s
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
figural vase,
late 1800s
Damacia Cordero
owl figure,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Acoma artist
owl figure,
late 1800s–1969
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
owl figure,
late 1800s–1963
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
rooster figure,
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
stacked animal figures,
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
owl figure,
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
quail figure,
late 1900s–1994
P.J.
horse figure,
late 1900s–1994
P.J.
owl figure,
late 1900s–1994
P.J.
dog figure,
late 1900s
Seferina Ortiz
frog figure,
circa 1967
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
owl figure,
circa 1967
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
owl figure,
late 1800s–1953
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
maneki neko (cat that brings money) on pillow,
late 1900s
Juan Lopez
unrecorded Ayuukja’ay (Highland Mixe) artist
Lotte Sievers-Hahn Workshop
owl hand puppet,
mid 1900s
Lotte Sievers-Hahn Workshop
crocodile hand puppet,
late 1800s–1979
Hazelle, Inc.
fish hand puppet,
1960s–1970s
Beth Van Hoesen
Bugs,
1985
Emma Lewis
ram shaped pitcher,
1995
Kuutimaits'a
bear figure with geometric designs and heartline,
circa 1990s
Kuutimaits'a
Tonalá ware skunk figure,
mid 1900s
Kuutimaits'a
Tonalá ware cat figure,
mid 1900s
Jackson Robertson
Frog and Dragonfly,
circa 1990s
Mamie Deschillie
blue horse with rider,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
zebra with dog,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
green rhinoceros with two pink birds,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
blue animal with yellow bird,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
yellow horse with rider,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
blue green elephant with black and white bird,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
white dog with black spots and red hat,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
copper horse with green and black animal,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
yellow horse with white polka dots and purple bird,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
green giraffe with white polka dots and red bird,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
yellow chicken with human rider,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
pink giraffe with black dots and green bird,
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
donkey figure,
circa 1942