Desk calendar
William Lescaze
(American, born in Switzerland, 1896–1969)
about 1932
Object PlaceProbably New York, New York
Medium/TechniqueChromium-plated metal, wood, plastic
DimensionsOverall: 6.4 x 26.7 x 14.3 cm (2 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1414
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceDesigned and made for the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building by Howe and Lescaze, part of "accessories for the executive's desk"; by 1990, owned by Fifty/50 (gallery), New York, New York; August 9, 1990, sold by Mark Isaacson of Fifty/50 to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
designed about 1937–38
