1989.89 Russel Wright, "Casual China" carafe
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
When Casual China was introduced, its original distributor, Garrison Products of New York (1946-48), advertised the line as a "Revolution in China." The ware's tough thick walled body was suitable for the oven and icebox and was guaranteed against breakage for one year after purchas
2007.54.a-vv Inner Circles of the Wall
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
When viewers come across this work in a gallery, they mig
John Singer Sargent and Flamenco
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
John Singer Sargent painted Study for "The Spanish Dancer" during the Golden Age of Flamenco (1860-1915), when the improvisational style of dancing became a popular theatrical spectacle. Flamenco is generally performed by a solo dancer to the accompaniment of a guitarist, singer, and palmero, who provides percussion with handclaps.
Tanner's Two Versions of Christ Reading the Scriptures
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Henry Ossawa Tanner painted two works depicting Jesus Christ and his mother Mary engaged in a private moment of reading together. Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures (1909) came first.
1988.50 Russel Wright, "American Modern" pitcher
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During the late 1930s, Russel Wright combined the notion of mix-and-match solid colors with innovative, organic shapes that foreshadowed post-World War II design.
Wright, Russel (1904-1976)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Russel Wright, born in Lebanon, Ohio in 1904, was a 20th century American industrial designer. His successful forty-year career spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s. During which time, he introduced modern design into the American home by creating household objects that were both aesthetically unique and commercially successful with the post-war consumer.
Wright began his training while still in high school at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Ergonomics
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Ergonomics studies the way humans interact with the man-made instruments and systems that surround them.
1949.28, Bowl, Gertrud Natzler and Otto Natzler, American, 1948
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Between his arrival in the United States in 1938 and the mid 1950s, ceramicist Otto Natzler was in what he termed his "earth" phase, dominated by scabrous or porous glazes that capitalized on the potential of the mistakes or faults of previous experiments.
2001.354.A-B Sword with Janus-faced hilt in undecorated sheath
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The sculptor carved this sword’s hilt in the form of two opposing identical faces that are reminiscent of those found on Batak helmet masks.
1980.3.A-C Knife with crouching male and female figures with sheath
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Among the Batak, the traditional marriage gifts from a