BGuthrie Photos: NY -- NYC -- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum -- Exhibit: The Virtue in Vice

NY -- NYC -- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum -- Exhibit: The Virtue in Vice:

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Description of Pictures: The Virtue in Vice
Now through Sunday, March 25 2018
Master craftsmanship, luxurious materials, and sensuous forms are highlighted in an exhibition of objects designed to amplify the pleasure of their use. Design disguises what we wish to remain private, tempts us with luxuries large and small, feeds sensuous appetites, and—should we envy someone else’s possessions—eases our discontent with clever imitations. Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth—the seven deadly sins—find irresistible outlet in these objects chosen from Cooper Hewitt’s collection.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CHVICE_171222_04.JPG: Cancan Dancer Matchsafe, late 19th century This is a matchsafe. It is dated late 19th century and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is cast silver, enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. This object was donated by Carol B. Brener and Stephen W. Brener and catalogued by Emily Miller. It is credited "Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener." Compliments of National India Rubber Company Matchsafe, ca. 1905 This is a matchsafe. It was manufactured by Whitehead & Hoag Company. It is dated ca. 1905 and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is metal, celluloid. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. This object was donated by Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener. It is credited "Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener." Matchsafe, late 19th century This is a matchsafe. It is dated late 19th century and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is cast metal and painted celluloid. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. This object was donated by Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener. It is credited "Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener."
2. CHVICE_171222_06.JPG: Lust Suggestive and flirtatious objects designed to titillate are representative of Lust. Available in many shapes and sizes, objects range from provocative wallpapers and furnishings to more discreet matchsafes and drawings. Textiles can further enhance the seductive décor of interiors.
3. CHVICE_171222_10.JPG: Cruet Set With Condiment Jars (England), ca. 1870 This is a Cruet Set with Condiment Jars. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is silverplate, molded and stained glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. This object was fund: Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund. It is credited "Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund."
4. CHVICE_171222_23.JPG: Ronald Searle Drawing, Kangarouge: Produce of Australia (Jumping for Joy Downunder), 1980
5. CHVICE_171222_27.JPG: Ronald Searle Drawing, Holland: Historical But Somewhat Yucky Ceremony of Pulling Out the Finger, 1983
6. CHVICE_171222_43.JPG: Cocktail Shaker With Lid (USA), 1936 This is a Cocktail shaker with lid. It was designed by Emil Arthur Schuelke and manufactured by Napier. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is cast silver-plated metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
7. CHVICE_171222_49.JPG: Poster, F-cking A, 2003 This is a Poster. It was designed by Paula Scher. It is dated 2003 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is screenprint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department. Paula Scher's work for The Public Theater began in 1994 when she was retained by the The Public's producer, George C. Wolfe, to design the organization's graphic identity. In seeking to provide a visual identity that responded to the theater's mission as an accessible community theater, Scher drew inspiration from the streets of New York City to create a series of graphics that responded to both the grid-structure of the streets and the urban language of graffiti. The posters that Scher designed for The Public Theater have become iconic emblems -- not only of the plays that they advertised, but of the cultural moments in which they were produced. Scher's designs reference the pervasive social, economic and political issues of the time. The museum is perpetually interested in adding the work of National Design Award winners to the permanent collection.
8. CHVICE_171222_55.JPG: Cat and kitten Figure, late 19th–early 20th century
9. CHVICE_171222_67.JPG: The Reds versus the Whites Chess Set This is a Chess set. We acquired it in 1995. Its medium is glazed and molded porcelain. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. This complete chess set, known as The Reds and the Whites (or The Communists and the Capitalists), is one of the early examples of propaganda porcelain produced by the State Porcelain Factory in the years immediately following the 1917 Russian Revolution. The set was designed by one of the greatest modelers at the factory, Natalia Danko, and was introduced soon after the establishment of communism in Russia. Chess sets like this one were displayed in factory store windows in Moscow and exhibited by the new society regime at international expositions. Among the chessmen making up the Reds are the strapping blacksmith king, the beautiful farm maiden queen, and the harvester pawns. The Whites are shown as a king with frightening death mask, a dissolute queen whose cornucopia overflow with gold coins, and pawns as miserable workers bound in chains.
10. CHVICE_171222_71.JPG: The Virtue in Vice Master craftsmanship, luxurious materials, and sensuous forms are highlighted in an exhibition of objects designed to amplify the pleasure of their use. Design disguises what we wish to remain private, tempts us with luxuries large and small, feeds sensuous appetites, and -- should we envy someone else's possessions -- eases our discontent with clever imitations. Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth -- the seven deadly sins -- find irresistible outlet in these objects chosen from Cooper Hewitt's collection.
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