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Object Timeline

-0001	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
1937	Work on this object began.
1989	We acquired this object.
2014	This was an Object of the Day.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Woman Swimmer Plate

This is a plate. It was designed by Tatiana Mikhailovna Demorei and manufactured by Dmitrov Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1937 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is enameled, gilt and glazed porcelain. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Soviet Achievement.

This object was donated by Ludmilla Shapiro, Henry Shapiro and Ludmilla Shapiro. It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Kremlin Service Dessert Plate
gilt and glazed hard-paste porcelain.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-6-1

Template, Humanscale 1a: Body Measurements Selector

Template, Humanscale 1a: Body Measurements Selector
offset lithograph on plastic with rotary wheels.
Courtesy of anonymous lender.
15.2013.2

Template, Humanscale 2a: Seating Guide Selector

Template, Humanscale 2a: Seating Guide Selector
offset lithograph on plastic with rotary wheels.
Courtesy of anonymous lender.
15.2013.3

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Template, Humanscale 3a: Handicapped and Elderly Selector

Template, Humanscale 3a: Handicapped and Elderly Selector
offset lithograph on plastic with rotary wheels.
Courtesy of anonymous lender.
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An iconic gelatin silver print (photograph) in black and white published in 1930 in the Paris edition of Vogue magazine. Slightly left of center, two people, one man and one woman sit on a diving board overlooking the expansive horizons of the sea meeting the sky situated below center. The woman is closer to the viewer and her face is hidden because she is looking at the view. She has short dark hair that ends at the top of her neck and blows in the wind. Her torso faces left and she is sitting on the side of the left hip and thigh with her right thigh on top both facing the viewer. Her left arm is supporting her posture. She is wearing a swimsuit that is in the style of a tank top with short shorts. The sun is left of center evidenced by the reflection on the female. The female overlaps the lower portion of the male’s body. The male is closer to the water and he has short dark hair that is not moving in the wind. We cannot see the model’s face but we can see a ¼ view of it. We see the male’s torso and muscular right arm as he is facing right. The sun is also reflected off his body left of center. The composition of the photograph appears to be a work of art.

Object ID #907214077
gelatin silver print.
Lent by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Museum purchase funded by the....
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Its dimensions are

Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside: in Russian "[Designed by] T. Demorei / September 1937" hand-painted in brown overglaze; Dmitorv mark stamped in blue overglaze

Cite this object as

Woman Swimmer Plate; Designed by Tatiana Mikhailovna Demorei; Manufactured by Dmitrov Porcelain Factory (Russia); enameled, gilt and glazed porcelain; Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-30

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DuYt/
Accession Number 1989-41-30
Object ID 18633107