2000.384.5 & 2000.384.6 Russel Wright "Theme Formal” large and small bowl, c. 1964


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
In 1963, designer Russel Wright collaborated with manufacturer Yamamoto Porcelain Company and importer Schmid International to produce Theme Formal and Theme Informal, tableware lines with complementary designs, colors, and textures.

1996.155.A-B Eva Zeisel, "Norleans China" shape tureen with "Chatham" pattern decoration, designed c. 1949


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Although the Norleans China line was designed in 1949 and introduced to the market the following year, Eva Zeisel did not recieve design patents for the shapes until 1951. The line was initially released with a dozen surface patterns.

1995.139.2.A-B, designed c. 1955, Eva Zeisel, "Tri-Tone" pitcher


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Following the success of her Tomorrow's Classic shapes, Hall China Company commissioned Eva Zeisel to create a twenty-piece line of oven-proof cook and kitchenware. The designer's efforts resulted in functional, yet beautiful forms enlivened with combinations of several glaze colors and patterns.

Gabriel Orozco (b. 1962)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Gabriel Orozco was born in 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. He studied at both the Escuela Nacional de Arte Plasticas in Mexico City (1981-84) and the Circula de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain (1986-1987). Invited by the Artists-in-Berlin Residency Program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Orozco also lived and worked in Berlin as a DAAD Artist-in-Residence (1994-95).