Maija Isola
"Kaivo" Panel

DesignerFinnish, 1927–2001
ManufacturerFinnish, established 1951
CultureFinnish
Titles
  • "Kaivo" Panel
  • Wells
Date1965
MediumScreen printed cotton
DimensionsOverall: 90 × 55 in. (228.6 × 139.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2012
Object number2012.239
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"Scandinavian Design," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 26 August, 2012 - 27 January, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in selvedge: Maija Isola 'Kaivo' Marimekko OY Suomi Finland 1965
Cora Ginsburg W1592

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