Pair of "Libbiloo" Bookends Designer: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Maker: Cast by Eugene Joseph Rowan (American, 1875–1967)

ca. 1929

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium

Chromium-plated white metal

Dimensions

each: 5 3/8 × 2 15/16 × 6 1/4 in. (13.7 × 7.5 × 15.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of J. Marshall and Thomas M. Osborn in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn

Accession Number

1977.40.14a-b

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
Possibly given as a wedding present to Marie-Louise Montgomery Osborn and James Marshall Osborn, Bronxville, N.Y., ca. 1929–76; inherited by their sons, J. Marshall Osborn, Madison, Wis., and Thomas M. Osborn, Los Angeles, 1976–77
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), 231, no. 154.
  • Karen Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 59, no. 42, ill.
  • "Acquisitions 1977," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 37, no. 1 (Fall 1978): 72, ill.

Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined

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