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Radio Nurse
c. 1937

The "Radio Nurse" is a radio transmitter designed by Isomu Noguchi and manufactured by Zenith Radio Corporation. This "Radio Nurse" was part of an early baby monitor and used...

1998

This is a wall mounted assemblage made of reclaimed parts such as an old doorknob, paint cans, wire, typewriter keys, bicycle wheel, metal washers, etc.

Brooch
1953-54

Round brooch with spiral design made of wire and attached beads and pearls. Round hanging attachment made of wire and hooks.

2000

Mixed media installation of Mickey Mouse and four circles of different size and color

This piece was given with 10 other jewelry items, yet is was marked on the appraisal form as possibly being a basket.

1978

Mixed media sculpture that includes a wood table (A), wood knife with text handwritten in pencil (B), paintbrush (C), green Gillette Blue Blades box (D), black wire with a 1977 $5 dollar bill (E...

Brass and copper wire flat circular sculpture. Lengths of wire are soldered and looped to form a five pointed round circular star shape in the center and then are separated at the ends to form a...

1985

This is a large plaster relief sculpture that consists of a standing female figure against a vertical wall. A perpendicular ledge extends just past the figure's feet along the bottom of the wall...

1996

glass jar, sealed, with electronics inside (cathde ray tube, wires,... When object is plugged in and turned on, a blinking eye appears on the cathode ray tube.

1976

Green flat porcelain (?) sculpture wall hanging. Very thin layer of porcelain with a green mat glaze and five rows of oval cut-outs mounted to two wooden boards. A wire is attached to one of the...

1964

Stoneware 'mask.' Shaped like a mushroom, back is flat with a hollowed out center and a wire for mounting to the wall.

1979

Pigmented stoneware and porcelain clay sculpture on a painted white wooden (particle board) base. Sculpture is in four parts that attach together via copper piping that goes through their centers...

c. 1965

Stoneware hollow brick shaped sculpture with a cutout and drawn in face on the front. Front and back are bulbous while sides are flat. Top corners have holes through which a wire goes through...

c.1960

Large stoneware vase thrown by P. Voulkos. Round bottom with wire wrapped around it. Sides of vase are sculpted into abstract but life-size faces. Light gray clay with gray and red glaze.

1976

Large stoneware platter with a tall round base and gradually flared sides that end in a scalloped round edge. White platter is decorated with cobalt glaze forming an abstract blue and white...

Jun-74

Earthenware plate with a curved section cut out of one side and a Pope's torso sculpted on top. Pope's face is visible. He is wearing a robe with a scale design and a medallion with a cross....

1977

Large sculpture (A) of a wish bone, earthenware with low fire glaze, mounted to plywood with wire. Plywood has been stained brown and has four holes, one in each corner, for mounting to a wall....

2003

Ceramic earthenware sculpture mounted to a black ceramic base. Sculpture is of a building with a door on one side. One side has a painted glazed window depicting a male figure connected to head...

c.1967

Buoy with beacon light. It is a round tube, with a screw on top that has a pointed yellow glass light at end. Inside there is wiring to connect the light to a battery. Printed on the side of the...

20th century-21st century

Sculpture of a bowl with two spheres inside. Above bowl and around speres is vertical gridded screening. a) maroon vessel b) black vessel with lip c) small black vessel d) large gray vessel e)...

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