Water Pitcher (American Modern Dinnerware)

Provenance

Beryl C. Michels (1923-2015; born Beryl Cohn), Chicago then West Hartford, CT, from c. 1947–52 [according to Committee on American Arts minutes, Oct. 12, 1995; incoming receipt, RX20946, Sept. 26, 1995; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.

Water Pitcher (American Modern Dinnerware)

Russel Wright

1937–59

Accession Number

142409

Medium

Earthenware and glaze

Dimensions

27 × 21.6 × 16.8 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)

Classification

pitcher (vessel)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Beryl C. Michels