Coffeepot, 1983

  • Alessi, S.p.a., Italian, founded 1921
  • Robert Venturi, American, born 1925

Silver, gold plate, and ebony

  • Overall: 8 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (22.2 × 11.7 × 19.1 cm)

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

1986.31.1

Department

Contemporary Art after 1950

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

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

Robert Venturi; Alessi, S.p.a., Coffeepot, 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., 1986.31.1.