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"Hokus" elephant doorstop

Designed by: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Cast by: Eugene Joseph Rowan (American, 1875–1967)
Designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Object Place: New York, New York

Medium/Technique Nickel-plated metal
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 12.1 x 14 cm (12 x 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork

ProvenanceBy 1990, owned by Alan Moss (dealer) New York, New York; October 23, 1990, sold by Moss 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)