"Vision" Flatware

Designer Ronald Hayes Pearson(American, 1924–1996)American, 1924–1996

ManufacturerManufactured by International Silver Company(American, active 1898–1984)American, active 1898–1984

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Vision" Flatware

DateDesigned 1961

MediumSterling silver and gilt

Dimensionsvarious dimensions

Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh

Object number2014.816.1-.81

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Margo Grant Walsh Collection of Architect-Designed Metalwork

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Nathan Horowicz Antiques, New York, 2006.]; MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century," San Francisco International Airport, February 5–August 5, 2007.

"Objects: USA," Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, September 27, 2019–January 10, 2020.
Published References Braznell, W. Scott, “The early career of Ronald Hayes Pearson and the post-World War II revival of American silversmithing and jewelrymaking,” Winterthur Portfolio 34, no.4 (Winter 1999):185-213. Fisch, Arline M., “Ronald Hayes Pearson: American Classic,” American Craft 52 no.3 (June/July 1992): 30-35, 60. Diamond, David, “Vision by International Silver: Commercial Failure and Aesthetic Triumph,” Silver Magazine 43, no. 4 (July/August 2011): 26-31. Rosenberg, Alan. “American Modern Silver,” Modernism Magazine 4, no. 3 (2001): 24-31. Stern, Jewel, Kevin Tucker, and Charles Venable. Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. Strauss, Cindi et al. Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection. Houston and Stuttgart: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2007. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped on the back of the handle: INTERNATIONAL [hallmark] STERLING

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