Sterling silver
11"dia x 3"h
Saarinen originally designed this form for his model dining room at "The Architect and the Industrial Arts" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1929. Charter Silver Company, a division of International Silver, put the bowl into production in three sizes. Stamped with impressed marks: [sterling SD 71 by Saarinen]. A similiar example is in the collection of Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Literature:
House & Garden, Dec. 1931, pg. 67
estimated value:
5000-7000 US$
Auction:
Modernist 20 Century
Sales date: 2003-12-07
location: Chicago
Lot number: 174