Panel of printed cotton batiste with a scene of three women carrying fruit and fish to a table near a window; the table has fruit and a goblet and carafe. Printed in dark brown, reddish brown and tan on an off-white ground. The style is inspired by Art Deco and Cubist painting.

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Object Timeline

1930	Work on this object began.
1970	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2013	This was an Object of the Day.
2021	You found it!

Panel, Figures with Still Life, 1930

This is a Panel. It was designed by Ruth Reeves and manufactured by W. and J. Sloane. It is dated 1930 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is cotton and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Is that really a textile?.

It is credited Gift of Alfred Auerbach.

Black rectangular plastic body with sloping top; circular clear plastic dial in center, surrounded by white numbers 1 to 0, the letters A to Y, and the word "OPERATOR", all arranged in a circle around the dial, their positions corresponding to fingerholes in dial. Barbell-shaped handset of black plastic sits in cradle on top of body; coiled black wire at one end of handset plugs into telephone body.

Model 500 Telephone, Designed 1953, this example ca. 1980
molded plastic, metal, rubber.
Transfer from Exhibitions Department.
2009-50-1-a/c

Cubist or dada image containing a central view of vase with flowers, fan, bowl with lemons, pitcher and a book with initials AJD on back cover. Printed in blue and gray on pink ground. Part of a Wallpaper Scrapbook containing an assortment of papers, some of which were made at the "Wiener Werkstatte".

Sidewall (possibly Austria), 1925–1930
block-printed paper.
Gift of Frankl Galleries.
1930-11-1-m

This object has not been digitized yet.

Print, Abstraction (Angel), 1935–45
lithograph and linoleum cut on white wove paper.
Gift of Cooper Union Art School Library.
1952-124-9

Its dimensions are

H x W: 205.1 x 100 cm (80 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.)

It is signed

lower left in block letters: Ruth Reeves

Cite this object as

Panel, Figures with Still Life, 1930; Designed by Ruth Reeves (American, 1892–1966); USA; cotton; H x W: 205.1 x 100 cm (80 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.); Gift of Alfred Auerbach; 1970-44-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CFbM/
Accession Number 1970-44-1
Object ID 18472349