Pair of prototype plates, "Moon" pattern Yale University Art Gallery

1988

S.I.T.E. is an architecture and environmental design collective based in New York. These plates are prototypes that did not go into production. One of the plates has a broad rim while the other has no rim, showing how the architects and retailer Swid Powell used models to develop their designs. The plate is completely covered in a transfer-printed image of the moon, taken from a scientific magazine. The selection of an image drawn from the natural world speaks to S.I.T.E.'s increased interest in sustainable and green architecture.

Medium: Porcelain with overglaze transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions: 12 in. (30.48 cm)
Credit Line: Swid Powell Collection, Gift of Nan Swid
Accession Number: 2011.200.3.1-.2
Geography: Designed in New York, New York
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Swid Powell, New York, by 2001; Nan G. Swid, New York, 2001–2011; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2011

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

plates (dishes)

Subject

moons

Marks

On underside of .1\r\nround white sticker printed in black: YAMASAN ITOH / Aug. 4 /88 / 2nd time / A [script] / SAMPLE / JAPAN\r\nOn underside of .2\r\nPrinted label taped to surface: (c) Swid Powell / SITE [within rectalinear logo] / "Moon" / Planet Plate Series

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