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Title:Zephyr
Designer:Attributed to Kem Weber (American (born Germany) Berlin 1889–1963 Ventura, California)
Manufacturer:Lawson Time Inc. (Pasadena, California)
Date:designed ca. 1934; manufactured 1940–42
Medium:Brass, urea formaldehyde, cellulose acetate, and (poly)acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Dimensions:3 1/4 × 8 × 3 1/8 in., 2.9 lb. (8.3 × 20.3 × 7.9 cm, 1.3 kg)
Classification:Horology
Credit Line:Gift of David A. Hanks, 1986
Object Number:1986.418.2
Marking: Printed (on Bakelite face): Lawson; (on metal label screwed to back): Lawson ELECTRIC CLOCK CYC./ [within box] 60 V.110 W.4 OR LESS / MODEL P.40 / PAT. NO. 1990645 / STYLE NO. / [within box] 304 / LAWSON TIME INC., PASADENA, CALIF.; (paper label on bottom): SER. NO. [illeg]12
David A. Hanks, New York (until 1986; his gift to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 136).
Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Flint, Mich. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, unnumbered cat.
London. Victoria and Albert Museum. "Art Deco 1910–1939," March 27–July 20, 2003, unnumbered cat. (pl. 10.13).
Toronto. Royal Ontario Museum. "Art Deco 1910–1939," September 15, 2003–January 4, 2004, unnumbered cat.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Art Deco 1910–1939," March 13–July 5, 2004, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Art Deco 1910–1939," September 19, 2004–January 9, 2005, unnumbered cat.
R. Craig Miller. Modern Design in The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1890–1990. New York, 1990, p. 179, ill., Calls it "clock" and dates it ca. 1930.
Peter Müller-Munk (American (born Germany) Berlin 1904–1967 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
1935
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