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"Bobo" clown bookend
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"Bobo" clown bookend

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Eugene Joseph Rowan (American, 1875–1967)
designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueNickle-plated metal
DimensionsOverall: 11.4 x 13.3 x 10.8 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1459
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1986, owned by Fifty/50 (gallery) New York, New York; March 11, 1986 sold by 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)
Russel Wright
Designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Russel Wright
designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Russel Wright
designed about 1929; made about 1930–39
Elwood N. Cornell
designed 1928
Group shot: 2014.1296.1-8
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