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  • We acquired this object.

1945

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

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Photograph, Steps in Making a Bear by Ruth Randall

This is a Photograph. It was designed by Ruth Randall and photographed by Robert J. Arnold.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Everson Museum as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated 1945. Its medium is photographic print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


In addition to designing the traveling ceramic exhibition cases and curating one example’s contents, Ruth H. Randall prepared a series of photographs to show veterans the steps required to build ceramic sculpture.

It is credited Everson Museum of Art, IBM Archives.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

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