Bowl
Russel Wright; Klise Woodenware
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Object Label
The undulating lines of the wooden bowl shown here evoke a jellyfish in motion, or a leaf curling in the summer sun. Russel Wright experimented with these curving, biomorphic shapes in several media and clearly found them interesting in their own right. Although neither easy to make nor particularly suited to their purpose, these bowls were, however, wonderfully playful and suggestive of nature to the consumers he targeted.
Caption
Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976); Klise Woodenware. Bowl, 1935–1950. Wood, 4 ¼ x 13 ¾ x 9 in. (11.5 x 35.0 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1994.165.62. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Makers
Title
Bowl
Date
1935–1950
Medium
Wood
Classification
Dimensions
4 ¼ x 13 ¾ x 9 in. (11.5 x 35.0 x 22.9 cm)
Signatures
not signed
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
no marks
Credit Line
Gift of Paul F. Walter
Accession Number
1994.165.62
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