Eva Zeisel Archive (until 2015; their gift to MMA)
Martin Eidelberg et al. Eva Zeisel: Designer for Industry. Exh. cat., Le Chateau Dufresne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Montréal, 1984, pp. 39–40, 57, 111, figs. 58 (color), 138.
Martin Eidelberg inDesign 1935–1965: What Modern Was. Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection. Ed. Martin Eidelberg. Exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal. New York, 1991, pp. 105–6, 201, fig. 141 (Stewart collection).
Judy Rudoe. Decorative Arts 1850–1950: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection. 2nd ed. London, 1994, pp. 128–29, no. 334, colorpl. XVI, pl. 127.
Victoria Milne. "What Goes in the Next Room?" Dwell Magazine 1 (February 2001), p. 74.
Eva Zeisel. "The Playful Search for Beauty." TED TALK. February 2001.
Lucie Young. Eva Ziesel. San Francisco, 2003, pp. 19, 47, ill. pp. 4, 21, 46 (color).
Paola Antonelli. Objects of Design from the Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2003, ill. p. 135 (color).
Eva Zeisel. Eva Zeisel On Design: The Magic Language of Things. New York, 2004, p. 117, ill. p. 124.
Phil Patton in Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov. Blobjects and Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design. San Francisco, 2005, pp. 28–29, ill. (color).
Linda Hales. "Hillwood, Setting the Table for Eva Zeisel." Washington Post (February 6, 2005), p. N03, ill.
Judith Miller. Decorative Arts. London, 2006, p. 334.
Lance Esplund inEva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. Exh. cat., Erie Art Museum. Erie, Penn., 2009, pp. 37, 58, 63, 74, 90, 93, 95, ill. p. 65 (color).
Kelly Armor inEva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. Exh. cat., Erie Art Museum. Erie, Penn., 2009, p. 82.
James Pearson inEva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. Exh. cat., Erie Art Museum. Erie, Penn., 2009, pp. 8, 11.
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill, 2010, p. 205.
Terry Moe and Larry Roschen. "Red Wing's Town and Country Line." Red Wing Collectors Society. 2010.
William L. Hamilton. "Eva Zeisel, Ceramic Artist and Designer, Dies at 105." New York Times (December 31, 2011), p. B7.
Pat Kirkham. "Eva Zeisel: Design Legend 1906–2011." Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty. Ed. Pat Kirkham. San Francisco, 2013, pp. 33, 41.
Meri Villane. "Red Wing Potteries: Town and Country." Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty. Ed. Pat Kirkham. San Francisco, 2013, pp. 76–78, ill.
Pirco Wolfframm. "Taxonomy (Shapes, Bottom Stamps, Patterns)." Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty. Ed. Pat Kirkham. San Francisco, 2013, p. 187, fig. 1.
Rachel J. Weston. "Dishes with History: Eva Ziesel Defied All Odds to Design Pottery for the Modern Age." nj.com. June 26, 2014.
Katie Shelly. "Eva Ziesel's Playful Search for Beauty." Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Blog. June 2015.
Eva Zeisel (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1906–2011 New York City, New York)
ca. 1952–57
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