It features an asymmetrical configuration of identical wooden planks juxtaposed vertically and horizontally into a well-balanced composition.

Gerrit Rietveld’s Steltman Chair is furniture as sculpture. Taylor Director, from March 23 through June 30, Object of the Day will feature a selection of 100 transformative works of art acquired during his 22-year tenure at the Museum. The most famous piece from Saarinen’s installation was a silver-plated urn identical to this one, few of which were ever produced. His Room for a Lady included furniture, textiles, fashion, and silver designs. Saarinen was one of several leading architects in the country invited to design a furnished room for the exhibit. The goal of this celebrated exhibition was to promote a new aesthetic for mass production and to help foster the development of industrial design in the United States. Precise geometric forms, absence of ornament, sleek reflective surfaces, and elegant proportions characterize this urn. These elements express the new style that came to be associated with progress, optimism, and forward-looking American industrial design in the early 20th century.įinnish-born architect Eliel Saarinen first designed this urn for a 1934 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled Contemporary American Industrial Art. However, they are also executed with subtle washes of ink and color so that the overall effect still appears painterly. The seasonal flowers and plants are beautifully depicted in soft brushwork, retaining enough clarity and detail so that the species may be readily identified with botanical precision. These screens illustrate a significant painting style first developed by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (active c.1600–1642), a co-founder of the Rinpa school in the early 17th century. The other screen consists of amaranthus, begonia, chrysanthemum, the “seven grasses of autumn” (bush clover, eulalia, Japanese arrowroot, dianthus, patrinia, thoroughwort, and mistflower), Chinese bellflower, rose mallow, Japanese aster, arrow bamboo, Japanese narcissus, and grape.

One screen includes yellow rose, Japanese dandelion, tree peony, dianthus, cymbidium, Oriental poppy, cow lily, rabbit-ear iris, hydrangea, morning glory, and arrow bamboo. This pair of screens features a variety of plant and flower species from spring and summer to fall and winter.

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