Shallow Bowl

Arts of the Americas

1927

Designed by Erik Magnussen (American, born Denmark, 1884–1961)
Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831)
Providence, Rhode Island

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Erik Magnussen
Title: Shallow Bowl
Place: Providence (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1927
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: marked on bottom: "GOR HAM/rampant" lion in square; anchor in a shield and a gothic "G" in square/ STERLING/EGS"
Dimensions: 30.5 × 5.1 cm (12 × 2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Burton W. Hales
Reference Number: 1990.176

Jennifer M. Downs, “ ‘The New Modern Feeling’: A Catalogue of the Collection,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 27, 2 (2001), p. 26, cat. 3 fig. 1.

With Kurland-Zabar Gallery, New York, NY, by 1990; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.

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