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"Moaninlo" lion bookend
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"Moaninlo" lion 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/TechniqueNickel-plated metal
DimensionsOverall: 12.4 x 19.1 x 5.7 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1301
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1987, owned by Fifty/50 (gallery) New York, New York; May 8, 1987 sold by Fifty/50 (Mark Isaacson) 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
Group shot: 2014.1296.1-8
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