1999 | Acquired | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A yellow art exhibition poster with a gigantic, unprinted white P in bubble font, tilted, in the center. Inside "P", German text is imprinted: "Palmero/ 13.6 bis 11.7.1967/ Galerie Heiner Friedrich/ 8 München 22/ Maximilianstraße 15/ Ausstellungseröffnung/ am 13. Juni 1967/ 18-21 Uhr"

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Palermo, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, 1967
offset lithograph printed in yellow.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-20

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster showing color photo of reclining couple on a bed covered by quilts. The man (clothed, wearing a hat) is the artist Claes Oldenburg; the nude woman is artist Hannah Wilke. Above bed is Oldenburg's large soft sculpture of light switch. The exhibition title is printed in the space between the artists's heads. A long list of 65 artist names is printed at the right (Laurie Anderson... Joe Zucker).

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Artists Make Toys, The Clocktower, New York, 1975
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster on gray background with white border. Text is placed in upper left corner; image is at bottom. The image shows an outline drawing of a shaped canvas, comprised of a a black outline of a square(left) abutted to half of a semicircle (right). Within the square is a red-line arc; within the segment of a circle is a right angle in gray.

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Robert Mangold, Kunsthalle, Basel, 1977
offset lithograph on white paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-19

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster showing a black and white photo of a person standing in the desert with a mountain range in the distance on the horizon. The text is printed in brown along the bottom. The sheet is an oblong horizontal to emphasize the panoramic view of the landscape.

Poster, Exhibition Poster : Richard Long, Städtisches Museum,...
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-18

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

$Art exhibition poster. On recto, at upper center, outline of rectangle, serving as floor plan, labeled " VISUAL ARTS MUSEUM." Each side of the plan is identified with letters "A" through "F" and these correspond to elevations shown in a row below the plan. Each of the five wall elevations is divided into four sections (numbered 1-20); each elevation is labeled, from left to right: "ARCS FROM CORNERS" (1-4); ARCS FROM SIDES" (5-8); "STRAIGHT LINES" (9-12); "NON STRAIGHT LINES" (13-16); and BROKEN LINES" (17-20). As a third row (white on black) is a gridded "map" where each square successively combines two lines; the whole shows all possibilities of such combinations. On the fourth row is a gridded band showing corresponding fractions (pairing two numerals from 1 to 20.) At the bottom are two lines of text.$

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Sol Lewitt, All Combinations of Arcs and Lines,...
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-17

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

$Art exhibition poster featuring a grid with thirteen rows. Within each grid unit is a geometric shape showing variations/permutations of drawing parts of an open cube; each variant is numbered by a fraction at the lower right. At the right, centered, is black text stating artist name, exhibition title, gallery name and address. On verso, there are six rectangular columns, each containing a diagram of a geometric shape and text for how to locate that shape on a wall. From left to right, the shapes are: "The Location of a Circle,"... a Triangle, .... a Square, ...a Rectangle, ...a Trapezoid, and a Parallelogram. Verso: Across both havles of paper are six equally sized rectangles bearing diagram and text on how to locate on wall, respectively, a circle, a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a trapezoid, and a parallelogram.$

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Sol Lewitt, Wall Drawings & Structures, John...
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-16

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster with large grid showing nine geometric drawings in three rows of three. The nine drawings are 3-D variations of a cube, rectangular shape, and a plane, with an expanding void space. Text below with 9 sets of measurements for interior area and exterior dimension of each shape. Drawing 1 is square plane with a square hole cut out of its center; Drawing 9 is transparent cube with columnar square void connecting its top plane with its bottom one.

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Sol Lewitt, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, 1968
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster with entire image made up of German text in yellow, black and red. At top is "KUNST" (Art); at center, KÖLN (Cologne) is arranged with KÖ on top of LN (like the shape of Indiana's LOVE sculpture of 1966). "MARKT" is below. More text is at bottom.

Poster, Exhibition Poster: Robert Indiana, Kunst Markt , Köln, 1967
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster reproducing the artist's "'Number Paintings 0-9" (in a set of small and large images in gray and orange tones). Text in black at bottom.

Poster, Exhibition Poster for Robert Indiana, Number Paintings: Museum Hans...
offset lithograph on off-white paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster, Exhibition Poster: George & Gilbert Photo-Sculptures, Robert Self...
offset photolithograph in black and red.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Artist's exhibition poster: top half of image shows a building elevation (with four windows) and plan (of three rooms and hallway); bottom half of image shows photographic portrait of artist with road in background. Text at left of center; artist's name and gallery name at right of center.

Poster, Walter De Maria, 50 M ³ (1600 cubic feet) Level Dirt, Galerie Heiner...
offset lithograph on paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Art exhibition poster featuring a long prose poem in English and German, printed in gold on black paper, with text arranged on the two sheets of paper (which are meant to abut each other) so as to suggest a vertical "Golden Tower" structure, or oblong bar shape. (a) The text begins: "THE GOLDEN TOWER 1STANDING UP IN THE AIR CROWND [sic] WITH THE GOLDEN SUN..." Mentions "JAMES LEE BYARS", "T.E. LAWRENCE THE SEVEN PILLOWS OF WISDOM" and the year "1974". (b) 1999-45-10-b: Text concludes (near bottom, 8 lines up): ..."I...INVITE YOU TO THE ..../OPENING OF THE GOLDEN TOWER AT THE/ SPRINGER GALLERY...DEC 6 AT/ 9 PM...November 1974 FELGENTREFF UND GOEBEL KG| BERLIN 61"

Poster, Exhibition Poster: James Lee Byars, The Golden Tower, Springer...
offset lithograph in gold ink on two sheets of black paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-10-a,b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Art exhibition poster comprised of text in different typefaces (printed in black on white paper). The lettering of the main heading at center - "The Studs" - resembles curved logs. At lower center, reproduction of woodcut image of man loading and unloading wood boards from wagon. There is a border with black/white diagonal striped trim.

Poster, The Studs: Moses, Irwin, Price, Bengston, December 1964
offset lithograph on paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian....
1999-45-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Fragment of silk composed of several pieces sewn together. Yellow and salmon damask showing design of exotic fruits and vegetation in the ‘bizarre’ style.

Fragment, 1706–09
silk.
Museum purchase from Eleanor G. Hewitt and Smithsonian Institution....
1999-44-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A vertically symmetrical design with axis of mirror imaging in center. The pattern is woven in green velvet with voided, cut and uncut pile.

Textile, 1890–99
silk.
Gift of Friends of Florham.
1999-43-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Of oval form, the cream colored crackled ground with Japanese-inspired brown transfer-printed decoration, the wide rim with panels ornamented with birds, flowers and geometric patterns; in center of platter is an oval band of flower blossoms surrounding an oval panel with geometric design on left, and scene of bird among flowering plants on right.

Kioto Platter, ca. 1879–81
glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-9

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Oval form, the white crackled ground decorated with blue Japanese-inspired tranfer-printed decoration: the rim with a wide band of abstract geometric design, with fine hatched lines, surrounding a narrow scalloped band; the well decorated with bands, medallions and panels of geometric motifs, a medallion showing a sailing vessel on water superimposed on a landscape within a rectangular frame.

Excelsior Platter, ca. 1880
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-8

This object was made by Old Hall Earthenware Co., Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular dish on flaring circular foot, the white ground decorated with Japanese-inspired polychrome transfer-printed decoration of sprays of naturalistic flowers with superimposed medallions showing birds in flight or stylized flowers.

Overton Compote, ca. 1875–85
glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-7

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Roughly rectangular hexagonal body with rectangular mouth, raised curved spout and shaped handle; white ground with brown Japanese-inspired transfer-printed decoration of framed landscape and fan showing cranes(?) among water plants, superimposed on flowering branches above a geometric pattern. Flowering branch decoration along rim of mouth and geometric pattern along back of handle.

Kenilworth Pitcher, ca. 1891
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-6

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Tapered cylindrical cup (a) with squared handle, the cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed Japanese-inspired decoration of birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and flower decoration. Narrow brown geometric-patterned band on inside of rim, geometric pattern on handle. The circular saucer (b) transfer-printed with same decoration as cup.

Rangoon Cup And Saucer, ca. 1878–85
glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-5-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Clear tapering cylindrical form with pressed decoration of rocail scrollwork surrounding four scenes from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition: the Palace of Machinery, the Cascade Gardens, the Louisiana Purchase Monument and St. Louis Union Station. Radiating star on underside of base.

Drinking Glass (USA), 1904
glass.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Ronald and Eve Lyn McBride Collection.
1999-42-44

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Clear glass cylindrical form with pressed decoration. Circular scalloped mouth with spout surmounting section decorated with pressed dotted pattern of alternating Maltese cross and fleur-de-lis motifs on swags above the phrase "JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 1837 1887"; reeded bottom section; ovoid loop handle; crown impressed on underside of base.

Cream Pitcher (England), ca. 1887
pressed glass.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Ronald and Eve Lyn McBride Collection.
1999-42-43

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Clear yellow circular form, the wide scalloped rim molded with the words "VICTORIA JUBILEE" at top and bottom, and two sheilds on left and right bearing the years "1837" and"1887" respectively; large crown above crossed sword and scepter in well.

Plate (England), ca. 1887
pressed glass.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Ronald and Eve Lyn McBride Collection.
1999-42-42

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

"Jubilee Year/Compliments of A. Stowell & Co." Plate, ca. 1887
glazed porcelain (?).
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Ronald and Eve Lyn McBride Collection.
1999-42-41

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

White cylindrical porcelain cup (a) in short cylindrical aluminum holder (b) with thick circular handle.

Demitasse Cup And Holder (USA), 1950s
porcelain, aluminum.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-40-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Teapot (a) of footed ovoid form with curving spout and squared handle, the crackled cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed decoration of birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and a section with flower decoration. Sprays of flowering branches on spout, geometric pattern on handle. The circular lid (b) decorated with sprays of flowering branches and geometric pattern on squared handle.

Rangoon Teapot, ca. 1878–85
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-4-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

White cylindrical porcelain cup (a) in short cylindrical aluminum holder (b) with thick circular handle.

Demitasse Cup And Holder (USA), 1950s
porcelain, aluminum.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-39-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Of basic circular form with raised shaped rim, indentations in rim; "nutmeg" brown glaze.

Ashtray (USA), 1949
glazed molded porcelain.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-38

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Tapering cylindrical body, flaring shaped mouth with spout and circular closed-loop handle; "nutmeg" brown glaze.

Creamer (USA), 1949
glazed molded earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-37

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Tapering globular body with flaring circular mouth, short pinched spout and open loop handle; "nutmeg" brown glaze.

Sauce Boat (USA), 1949
glazed molded earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-36

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Thick circular body with raised edge as rim; "nutmeg" brown glaze.

Saucer (USA), 1949
glazed molded earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-35

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Body of tapering circular form with flaring mouth and thick circular loop handle; "nutmeg" brown glaze.

Cup (USA), 1949
glazed, molded earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-34

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Body of cylindrical form tapering at base with large circular mouth with pinched spout and thick oval loop handle; yellow-green glaze.

Pitcher (USA), ca. 1950
glazed molded earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-33

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Oval dish (a), with close fitting ovoid cover (b) having two indentations in side walls; glazed in "avoacado" yellow-green.

Iroquois Casual Butter Dish And Lid, 1947
glazed, molded porcelain.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-32-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Hemispherical cup (a) with thick circular loop handle; "avocado" yellow-green glaze. Circular saucer (b) with raised edge as rim; "avocado" yellow-green glaze.

Iroquois Casual Cup And Saucer, 1950s
glazed porcelain.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-31-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.