1997.136.1.A-B "Fancy Free" shape cup and saucer with "Desert" pattern decoration, Designer: Belle Kogan, Manufacturer: Red Wing, 1952

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

According to Belle Kogan, she designed both the Fancy Free shape and the Desert surface decoration. When introduced to the market in 1952, the design was advertised as suitable for both modern and traditional homes. A sixteen-piece service for four retailed for $12.

[1] Kogan interview, 1997.

[2] Crockery and Glass Journal 151:3 (Sept.1952): 44; Desert Red Wing sales brochure, Jan. 1952.

Adapted from

Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 460, cat. 169.

NOTES

Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.
Fun Facts Sources: TMS, Notes/Curatorial Remarks, n.d.; Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 365, cat. 169.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Red Wing Potteries: ULAN: 500356044

Kogan_Belle: DMA

Cultures

Geography

Red Wing (Minnesota/United States): TGN: 2055313

Russia (inhabited place): TGN: 2634418

Process/materials

earthenware: AAT: 300140803

ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507

paint (coating): AAT: 300015029

painting (coating): AAT: 300161986

molding (forming): AAT: 300053134

clay: AAT: 300010439

modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130

firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

ceramics (object genre): AAT: 300151343

cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043202

teacups: AAT: 300043226

saucers (plates): AAT: 300195535

vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015

drinking glasses: AAT: 300043230

dinner services: AAT: 300227296

tea services: AAT: 300227686

tableware: AAT: 300043196

decorative arts: AAT: 300054168

modernist (European style): AAT: 300021474

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

bands (decorative): DMA

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599

cacti (cactus / Caryophyllales order): DMA

Caryophyllales (order/plant): AAT: 300375562

deserts: AAT: 300008916

Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560

Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300107963

Native Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300386455

Southwestern North American styles (Pre-Columbian): AAT: 300016920

decorating (process): AAT: 300056257

patterns (design elements): AAT: 300010108

design (discipline): AAT: 300054171

advertisements: AAT: 300193993

Modern (style or period): AAT: 300264736

traditional (style): AAT: 300310540

homes (concept): AAT: 300239112

serving dishes: AAT: 300198294

tea (beverage): AAT: 300249828

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE

From 1997: Dallas Museum of Art, 20th-Century Design Fund (Al Zipfel, dealer) [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated December 09, 1997, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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WEB RESOURCES

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS

U.S. glassmakers and potteries decorated wares with stereotypical images of the American Southwest and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. "Mexican" (Mexican) ware was a popular form of casual dinner ware in the 1950s.

TEACHING IDEAS

RULES

Apply to objects where number equals 1997.136.1.A-B