About This Artwork

Designed by Norman Bel Geddes
American, 1893-1958
Manufactured by Revere Copper and Brass Company
Rome, New York, 1801-present

Manhattan Cocktail Set, c. 1939-41

Chrome-plated brass
Tray: 2.5 x 36.8 x 29.2 cm (1 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Shaker: 33 x 8.9 cm (13 x 3 1/2 in.)
Goblets: 11.4 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Each piece impressed on the bottom: Revere/Rome, NY.
Restricted gift of Charles C. Haffner III, 2005.50.1-8

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Wright, Chicago, Modern Design, sale cat. (Wright, Mar. 20, 2005), pg. 156, lot 270.

Brandy Culp, “New Acquisition,” News and Events: The Art Institute of Chicago (July/Aug. 2005), p. 4.

Judith A. Barter et al., "American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2009), cat. 102.

Ownership History

Wright, Chicago, to 2005; The Art Institute of Chicago, 2005.