Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
2000.811
Date:
ca. 1955
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 x 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
silk-screened: above the image: "Il n'est Sauce que d'appetit"
silk-screen: in the lower left corner: "fabres"
Description:
Ceramic tile with an image of a man eating a turkey while waving a waiter carring a gravy boat away; inscribed above the image, "Il n'est Sauce que d'appetit."
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
