"Christy" Sugar Bowl (model CD01 GR)
Christopher Dresser|Centro Studio Alessi S.p.A.
original design 1864, adapted 1993 · Plastic · Modern and Contemporary Art
This witty bowl derives from a prototype by Christopher Dresser (hence the model name "Christy"), considered the first industrial designer who produced work-for-hire designs in collaboration with various manufacturers. Here, Dresser's unsettlingly biomorphic footed design, originally made in silver plate, is inexpensively mass-produced in brilliantly colored thermoplastic resin. The updated design is both a reverent homage and completely original.
- Artist
- Christopher Dresser|Centro Studio Alessi S.p.A.
- Date
- original design 1864, adapted 1993
- Medium
- Plastic
- Department
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Credit line
- Anonymous Gift, 2004