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Title:Theme Formal
Designer:Russel Wright (American, Lebanon, Ohio 1904–1976 New York)
Manufacturer:Yamato China Co. Ltd. (Tajimi, Japan)
Date:ca. 1963
Medium:Glazed porcelain
Dimensions:1976.67.8ab: 12 × 8 1/4 × 4 1/4 in., 1.8 lb. (30.5 × 21 × 10.8 cm, 0.8 kg)
Classification:Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line:Gift of Russel Wright, 1976
Object Number:1976.67.8ab
Marking: a) (attached on underside, printed paper label with typed article identification): SAMPLE / Article: Coffee Pot B / No.: / YAMATO China Co. Ltd / Tajimi, Japan
b) (attached on underside of lid, printed paper label with typed article identification): SAMPLE / Article: Coffee Pot C / No.: / YAMATO China Co. Ltd / Tajimi, Japan
the designer, New York (until 1976; his gift to MMA)
Yonkers, N. Y. Hudson River Museum. "Russel Wright: American Designer," May 24–August 16, 1983.
Washington, D. C. Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art. "Russel Wright: American Designer," October 13, 1983–April 12, 1984.
Auburn, N. Y. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. "Russel Wright: American Designer," July 3–August 15, 1984.
Clinton, N. Y. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Russel Wright: American Designer," November 17–December 16, 1984.
Rochester, N. Y. Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum. "Russel Wright: American Designer," January 5–March 15, 1985.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Century of Design, Part III: 1950–1975," November 28, 2000–May 27, 2001, no catalogue.
Russel Wright (American, Lebanon, Ohio 1904–1976 New York)
1935
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