Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976). <em>Centerpiece Bowl</em>, ca. 1946. Earthenware, 4 1/2 x 14 in. (11.4 x 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1994.165.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.165.30_cropped.jpg)

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976). Centerpiece Bowl, ca. 1946. Earthenware, 4 1/2 x 14 in. (11.4 x 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1994.165.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.165.30_cropped.jpg)

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Centerpiece Bowl

Decorative Arts and Design

The undulating lines of the wooden bowl shown here evoke a jellyfish in motion, or a leaf curling in the summer sun. Russel Wright experimented with these curving, biomorphic shapes in several media and clearly found them interesting in their own right. Although neither easy to make nor particularly suited to their purpose, these bowls were, however, wonderfully playful and suggestive of nature to the consumers he targeted.

MAKERS Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976; Bauer Pottery Company

MEDIUM Earthenware

DATES ca. 1946

DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 x 14 in. (11.4 x 35.6 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS on bottom, impressed: "(in script) Russel Wright/(block) BAUER"

SIGNATURE not signed

INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 1994.165.30

CREDIT LINE Gift of Paul F. Walter

EXHIBITIONS

Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976). Centerpiece Bowl, ca. 1946. Earthenware, 4 1/2 x 14 in. (11.4 x 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1994.165.30. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.165.30_cropped.jpg)

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