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Milwaukee Art Museum Returns David Drake Pottery to Descendants
Original: Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Enslaved Potter David Drake’s Works to His Descendants
The Milwaukee Art Museum has returned works by David Drake, an enslaved 19th-century potter from South Carolina, to his descendants. Drake, known for signing his large stoneware vessels at a time when enslaved people were rarely permitted literacy, is regarded as one of the most significant American ceramic artists. The transfer is being discussed as a notable example of museums returning cultural heritage to families of enslaved people.
Why now: Restitution of artwork by an enslaved African American artist to living descendants is a rare and widely debated museum practice.
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