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Clock, Model 4708

Gilbert Rohde

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Caption

Gilbert Rohde (American, 1894–1944). Clock, Model 4708, ca. 1933. Glass, nickel-plated metal, 10 5/8 x 10 x 3 1/2 in. (27 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.141.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Clock, Model 4708

Date

ca. 1933

Geography

Place manufactured: Zeeland, Michigan, United States

Medium

Glass, nickel-plated metal

Classification

Time, Calendar

Dimensions

10 5/8 x 10 x 3 1/2 in. (27 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm)

Markings

Written in blue marker on a round white sticker on bottom of base: "MA / 130"

Credit Line

Gift of Paul F. Walter

Accession Number

1999.141.1

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    This clock was designed by Gilbert Rohde ca. 1933. The designer helped to define American modernism in the period after WWII. You can see that he had a very spare, minimalist aesthetic.

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