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John Nicholas Otar
Covered Boxcirca 1933

Not on view
Small lidded box made of stacked, rotated brass and copper sheet layers with radiating fin edges, ball feet, and a turned brass finial
Artist or Maker
John Nicholas Otar
Russia, active United States, California, Santa Cruz, circa 1891 -1939
Title
Covered Box
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1933
Medium
Copper, brass
Dimensions
Height: 4 3/4 in. (12.065 cm); Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (12.07 x 13.34 x 13.34 cm); a) Lid diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm); a) Lid height: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm); b) Box: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (8.89 x 13.34 x 13.34 cm); diameter: 5 1/4 in. (13.335 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2006.36a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, ed. A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2013.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

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