Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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"American Modern" pitcher

designed 1937; made about 1939–42
Designed by Russel Wright
Manufactured by Steubenville Pottery Company
Overall: 26.7 x 19.7 x 17.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Whiteware with bean brown glaze

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: Steubenville, Ohio

Accession number: 2009.306

Location: The 1940s and 1950s

Provenance/Ownership History: Early 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)

Museum purchase with funds donated by the Grace and Floyd Lee Bell Fund