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Adolf Odorfer
Pitcher1940

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Ceramic pitcher with chocolate-brown body decorated in a grid pattern of triangles, circles, and X shapes in yellow and green; sculpted knobbed handle in ochre
Ceramic pitcher with a bulbous body covered in a brown grid pattern containing alternating motifs of green X shapes, yellow ovals, and white triangles; spiky ridged handle with yellow glaze.
Artist or Maker
Adolf Odorfer
1902 - 1995
Title
Pitcher
Date Made
1940
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 6 in. (20.96 × 12.07 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts and Design Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2017.5.1
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.

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