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Buffet Plate, "Anna" Pattern

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER Swid Powell
MEDIUM Porcelain
  • Place Manufactured: New York, New York, United States
  • DATES ca. 1985
    DIMENSIONS 1 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (2.9 x 30.8 x 30.8 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS On underside, printed in dark gray: 'Swid Powell / © RM [conjoined letters] / "Anna" '
    SIGNATURE no signnature
    INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
    ACCESSION NUMBER 85.158.17
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Paul F. Walter
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION "Anna" pattern. Circular plate with wide rim in white porcelain with transfer-printed decorations. Rim decorated with interlocking bands of five red and four mauve with blue bars at right angles at intersection. CONDITION: Undamaged.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Richard Meier (American, born 1934). Buffet Plate, "Anna" Pattern, ca. 1985. Porcelain, 1 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (2.9 x 30.8 x 30.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.17. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.158.17_mark_bw.jpg)
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