Collection Coffee and Tea Service

Coffee and Tea Service

Robert Venturi , Designer Alessi, S.p.a. , Manufacturer
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About the Artwork

Coffee and Tea Service

1983

Robert Venturi (Designer) American, born 1925 Alessi, S.p.a. (Manufacturer) Italian, founded 1921

Silver, gold plate, and ebony

Overall (approx): 8 3/4 × 16 5/8 × 14 inches (22.2 × 42.2 × 35.6 cm)

Silver

Contemporary Art after 1950

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council, James Pearson Duffy Fund, Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation Fund, Modern Decorative Arts and Sculpture Fund, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund

V2015.19

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1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Tea and Coffee Piazza. Exh. cat., Officina Alessi and Max Protetch Gallery. New York, 1983, pp. 10, 31, 70-73 (ill.).

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Courtesy of Max Protetch Gallery

Robert Venturi; Alessi, S.p.a., Coffee and Tea Service, 1983, silver, gold plate, and ebony. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council, James Pearson Duffy Fund, et al., V2015.19.

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