Pitcher Yale University Art Gallery

1986

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Robert A. M. Stern became known for his reinterpretations of traditional architecture, ranging from nineteenth-century shingle cottages to Art Moderne skyscrapers. This pitcher by Stern for Swid Powell explores classical shapes. The body of the vessel is a Doric column; the top of the capital swells out on one side to form the spout. The solidity of the vessel is countered by the scroll handle that lyrically arcs upward.

Medium: Silver plate
Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 10 in. (28.575 × 15.875 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Swid Powell Collection, Gift of Nan Swid
Accession Number: 2011.200.16
Geography: Made in Italy
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

In Copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

pitchers, utilitarian objects

Marks

Stamped on underside: (c) Swid Powell / Stern [script] / MADE IN ITALY / SILVER PLATE

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