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Photo credit: Richard P. Goodbody, Inc.
Designer: Robert Heller, American, 1899–1973
Manufacturer: A. C. Gilbert Company, American, 1916–1967
“Airflow” table fan
Designed 1937
Chromium-plated steel, aluminum and cast iron
13 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 in. (34.29 × 28.575 × 20.32 cm)
John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959
2010.158.8
Geography:
Manufactured in New Haven, Connecticut
Status:
On view
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Tools and Equipment
Provenance:
John C. Waddell, New York, 2000–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 332–33, no. 231.
“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
