Subject:

Johnson, Samuel Curtis  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

not after 1969

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.

Summary:

Typewritten caption on affixed sheet: Object:USA; Samuel C. Johnson, president and chairman of the Johnson Wax company, displays a ceramic jewel box that will be part of a unique collection to be called <em>Objects:USA, the Johnson collection of contemporary crafts.</em> Mr. Johnson announced the company's plan to assemble more than 300 works by America's master craftsmen during a news conference at Lincoln Center in New York City. The collection, which is expected to be completely assembled by 1969, will tour museums and colleges in the United States.

Citation:

Samuel C. Johnson displaying ceramic box from the Objects: USA exhibition, not after 1969. Lee Nordness business records and papers, circa 1931-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)13780

See more items in:

Lee Nordness business records and papers, circa 1931-1992, bulk 1954-1984

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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