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Collections

Evelyn Ackerman
'Elipses' Mosaic (603-C)circa 1958

Not on view
Horizontal framed mosaic panel with repeating vertical bands and almond-shaped lens forms in cobalt blue, turquoise, gray, black, and green tesserae on a white ground
Rectangular mosaic panel with small square tesserae arranged in a repeating pattern of vertical stripes and leaf-shaped forms in cobalt blue, turquoise, light blue, green, gray, black, and white, including a checkerboard section in turquoise and black.
Artist or Maker
Evelyn Ackerman
United States, Michigan, Detroit, active California, Los Angeles, 1924-2012
Artist or Maker
Jerome Ackerman
United States, Michigan, Detroit, active California, Los Angeles, 1920-2019
Manufacturer
ERA Industries
Los Angeles, founded 1956
Title
'Elipses' Mosaic (603-C)
Culture
United States
Place Made
Mexico
Date Made
circa 1958
Medium
Glass mosaic
Dimensions
12 3/4 × 60 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (32.39 × 153.04 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts and Design Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2013.32.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.
Selected Exhibition History
  • 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 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
Copyright
© ERA Industries/Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman

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