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Examples of this design are currently part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Australia, Parkes.
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A 'Leaf' dish, circa 1951
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TAPIO WIRKKALA (1915-1985)
A 'Leaf' dish, circa 1951
carved laminated-birch plywood
produced by Martti Lindqvist for Soinne et Kni, Finland
1 ½ x 17 ¼ x 10 in. (3.2 x 44 x 25.5 cm.)
underside incised TW
A 'Leaf' dish, circa 1951
carved laminated-birch plywood
produced by Martti Lindqvist for Soinne et Kni, Finland
1 ½ x 17 ¼ x 10 in. (3.2 x 44 x 25.5 cm.)
underside incised TW
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
'Le invenzioni di Taio Wirkkala', Domus, no. 266, January 1952, pp. 44-45;
M. Aav, R. Barovier Mentasti, G. Bowyer, Tapio Wirkkala, eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, inside front cover, p. 228, fig. 403, p. 267, fig. 460, p. 288.
'Le invenzioni di Taio Wirkkala', Domus, no. 266, January 1952, pp. 44-45;
M. Aav, R. Barovier Mentasti, G. Bowyer, Tapio Wirkkala, eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, inside front cover, p. 228, fig. 403, p. 267, fig. 460, p. 288.
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Examples of this design are currently part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Australia, Parkes.