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Desk calendar
Designed by: William Lescaze (American, born in Switzerland, 1896–1969)
about 1932
Object Place: Probably New York, New York
Medium/Technique
Chromium-plated metal, wood, plastic
Dimensions
Overall: 6.4 x 26.7 x 14.3 cm (2 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
Marks
Marked around rims of both inkwells:
PAT. SEPT. 1-14. SENGBUSCH SELF-CLOSING INKSTAND CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS.
PAT. SEPT. 1-14. SENGBUSCH SELF-CLOSING INKSTAND CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS.
InscriptionsStamped into metal of base, near center: "54 [sideways 4]"
ProvenanceDesigned and made for the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building by Howe and Lescaze, part of "accessories for the executive's desk"; by 1990, owned by Fifty/50 (gallery), New York, New York; August 9, 1990, sold by Mark Isaacson of Fifty/50 to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)