Frank Irwin
'California Contempora' covered vegetable dish (3426) in 'Freeform' shapecirca 1955

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White ceramic object shaped like cat-eye eyeglasses, with one lens as an open cutout and the other forming a shallow bowl decorated with mid-century abstract motifs in gray, blue, and pink

Three-piece ceramic set with matte white glaze: a tall tapered pitcher, a small cylindrical cup, and an asymmetric boat-shaped dish with cutout handles, each decorated with the same abstract linear motif in pink, teal, gray, and black.

White ceramic vessel shaped like a stylized masquerade mask, with cutout eye openings and a curved bowl base; decorated with an abstract mid-century motif of overlapping teardrop shapes in pink, teal, and gray with thin crossing lines.

Designed by: Frank Irwin
United States, active 20th century
Manufacturer: Metlox Manufacturing Company
United States, California, Manhattan Beach, active 1927-1989
Title: 'California Contempora' covered vegetable dish (3426) in 'Freeform' shape
Date Made: circa 1955
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: Dish diameter: 11 1/2 in. (29.21 cm); Dish height: 3 5/8 in. (9.2075 cm); a) Lid: 7/8 x 12 x 6 3/4 in. (2.22 x 30.48 x 17.15 cm); b) Bowl: 3 5/8 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (9.21 x 29.21 x 28.58 cm)
Credit Line: Decorative Arts and Design Acquisition Fund and partial gift of Bill Stern
Accession Number: M.2010.91.2a-b
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography: 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". 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". 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". 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". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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