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"American Modern" pitcher
Designed by: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Manufactured by: Steubenville Pottery Company (active 1879–1959)
Manufactured by: Steubenville Pottery Company (active 1879–1959)
designed 1937; made about 1939–42
Object Place: Steubenville, Ohio
Medium/Technique
Whiteware with bean brown glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 26.7 x 19.7 x 17.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Grace and Floyd Lee Bell Fund
Accession Number2009.306
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Marks
Stamped into base (obscured by heavy glaze): "Russel / Wright (in script) / [obscured] / A"
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; 2008, Mood Indigo gallery (Diane Pepitas), New York, New York; 2009, purchased by the MFA from Mood Indigo (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.