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Things we acquired in 1999

Small frosty-green trash can; oval mouth pierced on either side with holes for hand grips, tapering to circular base.
  • Garbino Waste Basket, 1997
  • polypropylene.
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1999-9-2
  • This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
Large frosty-lavender trash can; oval mouth pierced on either side with holes for hand grips, tapering to circular base.
  • Garbo Waste Basket, introduced 1996
  • molded polypropylene.
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1999-9-1
  • This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
Poster, 19-Century Jewelry: A Selection from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection
  • Poster, 19-Century Jewelry: A Selection from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection
  • Gift of Unknown Donor.
  • 1999-7-3
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Poster, Views of Rome: Drawings & Watercolors from the Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
  • Poster, Views of Rome: Drawings & Watercolors from the Collection of the...
  • Gift of Unknown Donor.
  • 1999-7-2
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Poster, Polishes Perfection: Turned Wood Bowls
  • Poster, Polishes Perfection: Turned Wood Bowls
  • Gift of Unknown Donor.
  • 1999-7-1
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Roughly cylindrical form with undulating mouth, the clear-glazed white body constructed of irregular flat and curled slabs roughly joined and overlapping to create a wall and floor of varying thickness and translucence.
  • "Light Gatherer" Vase, 20th century
  • porcelain.
  • Gift of Helen W. Drutt English and Rudolf Staffel.
  • 1999-63-1
  • This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Rustic twig formations, forming trefoil arches and trellis pattern. Continuous twig band along top and bottom edges. Printed in tan on light green mottled ground.
  • Border, Kennebec, 1998
  • screen printed.
  • Gift of Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • 1999-62-3
  • This object was made by Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
All-over pattern of rustic twigs, turned in various directions. Printed in tan on mottled light green ground.
  • Sidewall, Kennebec, 1998
  • screen printed.
  • Gift of Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • 1999-62-2
  • This object was made by Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
Botanical drawings, in browns, tans and metallic gold,  arranged as a collage on a background of  tans and metallic gold.
  • Textile, "Kalaheo Botanica", 1999
  • cotton.
  • Gift of Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • 1999-62-1
  • This object was made by Brunschwig & Fils, Inc..
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
Of thickly constructed honey-colored laminate and veneer, the curving planar seat and back sit firmly on four attenuated rectangular legs;  rectilinear arms rise from either side of the seat and curve back to join the rear legs behind the chair back.
  • "Library Chair" Chair, design began 1991, introduced 1995
  • laminated poplar wood, maple veneer.
  • Gift of RoseLee, Zoe, and Pierce Jackson.
  • 1999-61-1
  • This object was made by Dakota Jackson, Inc..
  • This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
  • There are 5 images of this object.
Wiener Werkstätte design for decorated paper: blue and aqua plaid pattern.  Looks like combed paper or finger-painted image.
  • Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Blue and Aqua Plaid, early 20th century
  • brush and watercolor, gouache on off-white coated wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-9
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Wiener Werkstätte design for decorated paper: loose and pale, watery blue striations/ faint grid.  Paper looks "combed" or like finger-painted design.
  • Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Pale Blue Striations, early 20th century
  • brush and pale blue watercolor on cream wove coated paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-8
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) design for decorated paper:  hand-painted stripes in black/brown, purple, lavender, and red, overlaid with repeat pattern of small gray sprigs or branches.  The stripes bleed through the thin paper.
  • Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Purple, Red, Black Stripes, early 20th...
  • brush and watercolor, gouache on off-white wove coated paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-7
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; green background overprinted in lavender-blue on white ground.
  • Print, "lavender-blue over green", Plate 5, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-9
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; magenta background overprinted in turquoise on white ground.
  • Print, "turquoise over magenta", Plate 4, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-8
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; pink background overprinted in putty on white ground.
  • Print, "putty over pink", Plate 3, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-7
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; yellow background overprinted in blue-white on white ground.
  • Print, "blue-white over yellow", Plate 2, "Color / Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-6
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; scarlet background overprinted in dark green on white ground.
  • Print, "dark green over scarlet", Plate 1 "Color / Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-5
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Text page: List of Plates in two columns entltled "Part I" (on left) and "Part II" (on right).   See 1999-6-6-1 for individual plate names.
  • Print, "Color / Moire" Portfolio List of Plates, 1969
  • letterpress in black on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-4
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Introductory text page to portfolio fills center column of sheet.Text explains that the portfolio in question is a reprint of "Color in Line" published in 1960 and states the artist's objective: "to create both color interactions and design interactions, or 'moire,' by using one design in two colors, later overlapped."
  • Print, "Color / Moire" Portfolio Introduction, 1969
  • letterpress in black on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-3
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Text page: Acknowledgements page for "Color / Moire"
  • Print, Acknowledgements Page, Plate 27, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • print, "color / moire" letterpress in black on heavy off-white wove paper..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-27
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; white printed on clear ground.
  • Print, "white", Plate 20, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on clear acetate..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-26
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; turquoise printed on clear ground.
  • Print, "blue", Plate 23, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on clear acetate..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-25
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; yellow printed on clear ground.
  • Print, "yellow", Plate 22, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on clear acetate..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-24
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; black printed on clear ground.
  • Print, "black", Plate 19, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on clear acetate..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-23
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; magenta printed on clear ground.
  • Print, "red", plate 21, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on clear acetate..
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-22
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; yellow, overprinted in purple on white ground.
  • Print, "purple lines on yellow lines, Plate 18, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-21
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; blue overprinted in black on white ground.
  • Print, "black lines on blue lines", Plate 17, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-20
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Imprinted in narrow column down middle of sheet: COLOR /  MOIRE  / by Albert Gregory / Cambridge, Massachusetts / 1969 / This is 23 [number added by hand in black ink] of 100 copies.
Publication information from colophon page 1999-6-6-27: Prepared and printed in 1968-1969 by Atlantic Typographers, Boston, Massachusetts, handset Univers (65) type; handmixed colors from Sinclair (Secaucus, NJ) and Valentine, Inc.; printed on 140' Mohawk Poseidon Bristol paper (Mohawk Paper Company, Cohoes, NY).
  • Print, "Color / Moire" Portfolio Title Page, 1969
  • letterpress in black ink on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-2
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; black overprinted in black on white ground.
  • Print, "black lines on black lines", Plate 16, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on acetate and heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-19
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; blue printed on white ground.
  • Print, "blue lines", Plate 15, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-18
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; black printed on white ground.
  • Print, "black lines", Plate 14, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-17
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; beige background overprinted in butter yellow on white ground.
  • Print, Butter Yellow Over Beige, Plate 13, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-16
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; orange background overprinted in light yellow on white ground.
  • Print, Light Yellow Over Orange, Plate 12, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-15
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
Four graduating concentric circles of radial lines like spokes of a wheel; red background overprinted in olive on white ground.
  • Print, Olive Over Red, Plate 11, "Color/Moire" Portfolio, 1969
  • screenprint on heavy off-white wove paper.
  • Gift of Tamar Cohen.
  • 1999-6-6-14
  • This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
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