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"Elchim" Electric Vacuum Cleaner Brush
Giuseppe de Goetzen
Plastic and electronics · 1953
Museum of Modern Art
Model for a ‘Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner’
Naum Gabo
Plastic and wire mesh · 1952
Tate
Model for ‘Linear Construction No. 3 with Red’
Naum Gabo
Plastic and nylon thread · 1952
Tate
First Model for a ‘Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner’
Naum Gabo
Plastic and wire mesh · 1952
Tate
H.C. Price Company Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Model, c. 1952)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Painted wood, copper, plastic, and brass · 1952
Museum of Modern Art
Armchair
Harry Bertoia
Plastic-coated wire and rod frame and tweed upholstery over foam-rubber padding · 1952
Museum of Modern Art
Earrings and Necklace
Lara Colyer
Plastic · 1951
Art Institute of Chicago
35mm rangefinder film camera (model IIf)
Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, Germany
Steel, aluminum, leather, glass, and plastic · 1951
Museum of Modern Art
Filterjet Fan
Peter Schlumbohm
Plastic casing · 1951
Museum of Modern Art
Filterjet Fan
Peter Schlumbohm
Plastic and rubber composite housing, wood, and paper · 1951
Museum of Modern Art
Bathtub for a Heroine
Joseph Beuys
Bronze, steel and plastic · 1950
Tate
Model for Hanging Construction
Naum Gabo
Plastic · 1950
Tate
Heater Design, Student Project, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois
Richard Schultz
Gelatin silver print, red plastic film, and ink illustrations on board · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition House for the Museum of Modern Art Garden
Gregory Ain
Paper, wood, plastic, plexiglass, metal, aluminum and paint · 1950
Museum of Modern Art
Lever House, New York, New York (Scale model, 1/8" = 1')
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Paper, wood, plastic, plexiglass, metal, aluminum and paint · 1950
Museum of Modern Art
Eames Storage Unit (ESU)
Charles Eames
Plastic-coated plywood, lacquered masonite, and chrome-plated steel · 1950
Museum of Modern Art
Mobile Table (model 5152)
George Nelson
Iron and plastic · 1949
Model for the Esso Project, Radio City, New York
Naum Gabo
Plastic and gold wire mesh · 1949
Tate
Linear Construction in Space No.2
Naum Gabo
Plastic nylon · 1949
Art Institute of Chicago
Inland Steel Building: Model of Preliminary Design
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Thermoplastic resin sheet and enameled steel · 1949
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled V
Joseph Beuys
Glass, wood, and metal display case containing (left to right): Untitled, 1978: oil paint, stamp print, and baking mold, in two parts; Two Young Ladies with Luminous Bread (Zwei Fräulein mit leuchtendem Brot), 1966: typed paper and painted chocolate bar; Magnetic Waste (Magnetischer Abfall), 1975: cast iron; Zinc Box Covered with Sulfur (Tamponed Corner) (mit Schwefel überzogene Zinkkiste [tamponierte Ecke]), 1970: paint, zinc boxes, cloth with tampon, in two parts; Untitled (Nipple) (Ohne Titel [Brustwarze]), c. 1970: cast wax, felt, and sugar in glass jar; Untitled, c. 1964: felt, chalk, and hare fur; Corset (Corsett), 1949: bronze, fat, and wax; Untitled (Sugar Corner) (Ohne Titel [Zuckerecke]), 1967-68: hare bone, napkin, sugar, pieces of sulfur, and colored plastic cable, in cardboard box painted with watercolor; Untitled, 1982: ceramic cup and dried potato plant; Mirror Piece, 1975: cast ceramic containing potato; Untitled, 1974: chocolate and oil paint on shoebox lid · 1949
Museum of Modern Art
Dome House, Cave Creek, Arizona
Paolo Soleri
Plaster and plastic · 1949
Museum of Modern Art
Mobile Table (model 5152)
George Nelson
Iron and plastic · 1949
Museum of Modern Art
Eames House, Los Angeles, California (Scale model, 3/8" = 1')
Charles Eames
Plastic and wood · 1949
Museum of Modern Art