About the Artwork
Modernist Pitcher
1928
Erik Magnussen (Designer) Danish, 1884-1961 Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer) American, established 1831
Silver with bakelite handle
Overall: 8 × 5 3/8 × 10 1/4 inches (20.3 × 13.7 × 26 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, 20th-Century Decorative Arts and Design Fund, and American Art General Fund
1992.217
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1992-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Erik Magnussen; Gorham Manufacturing Co., Modernist Pitcher, 1928, silver with Bakelite handle. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 20th-Century Decorative Arts and Design Fund, and American Art General Fund, 1992.217.
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