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Title:Carpet for Radio City Music Hall
Designer:Ruth Reeves (American, Redlands, California 1892–1966 New Delhi, India)
Manufacturer:Karagheusian
Date:1932
Medium:Wool and cotton
Dimensions:36 × 66 in. (91.4 × 167.6 cm)
Classification:Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:Gift of Geoffrey N. Bradfield, 1986
Object Number:1986.136
Geoffrey N. Bradfield, New York (until 1986; his gift to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, not in catalogue.
Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, not in catalogue.
Flint, Mich. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, not in catalogue.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, not in catalogue.
Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, not in catalogue.
Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, not in catalogue.
Utica. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. "Roaring into the Future: New York 1925–35," June 18–October 9, 2017, no catalogue.
Richmond. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. "Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art," October 8, 2022–March 19, 2023, unnumbered cat. (fig. 7.20).
Leo G. Mazow. Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art. Exh. cat., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond, 2022, pp. 159, 235, fig. 7.20 (color).
Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, Great Falls, Montana 1890–1954 New York)
ca. 1929
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