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Title:Potato Masher
Designer:Henry Dreyfuss (American, New York 1904–1972 South Pasedena, California)
Manufacturer:The Washburn Company (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Date:1934
Medium:Metal, painted wood
Dimensions:H. 10-1/4, W. 4, D. 3 in. (26 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm)
Classification:Metalwork
Credit Line:John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 1998
Accession Number:1998.537.5
John C. Waddell, New York (until 1998; 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, unnumbered cat. (p. 154; as "Kitchen Utensil").
Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Flint. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Gilbert Seldes. 10 Years of Industrial Design: Henry Dreyfuss, 1929–1939, New York. New York, 1939, unpaginated.
Gilbert Seldes. A Record of Industrial Designs by Henry Dreyfuss, 1929 through 1946. New York, [1946], unpaginated.
Russell Flinchum. Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer: The Man in the Brown Suit. New York, 1997, p. 50.
Henry Dreyfuss (American, New York 1904–1972 South Pasedena, California)
1938
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