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Myrton Purkiss
Platecirca 1950

Not on view
Circular decorative plate with pale chartreuse speckled ground, featuring a geometric cube-like motif in olive green, teal, and wood-grain brown, with radiating dark lines and small black dot accents
Reverse of a circular ceramic plate with dark, ridged concentric texture and a metallic finish, showing a hanging loop, handwritten signature, and paper maker's labels at center.
Circular enamel plaque with a metal rim, featuring a mid-century geometric abstract design on a speckled cream ground; interlocking angular shapes in olive green, teal, and wood-grain brown are overlaid with thin radiating lines and small dot accents.
Artist or Maker
Myrton Purkiss
Canada, British Columbia, active United States, California, Fullerton, 1916-1978
Title
Plate
Date Made
circa 1950
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 1 1/4 in. (3.178 cm); Diameter: 8 3/4 in. (22.23 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Martha and Bruce Karsh
Accession Number
M.2008.292
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.
  • 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
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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