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"American Modern" pitcher

(American, 1904–1976)
(active 1879–1959)
designed 1937; made about 1939–42
Object PlaceSteubenville, Ohio
Medium/TechniqueWhiteware with bean brown glaze
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 x 19.7 x 17.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Grace and Floyd Lee Bell Fund
Accession number2009.306
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; 2008, Mood Indigo gallery (Diane Pepitas), New York, New York; 2009, purchased by the MFA from Mood Indigo (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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