Jerszy Seymour "Pipe Dreams" Watering Can

Item Details

Jerszy Seymour (German/Canada; born 1968)
Pipe Dreams, 2000
Polyethylene watering can
Manufactured by Magis S.p.A.
Includes weights in reservoir to prevent tipping

A watering can titled Pipe Dreams designed by Jerszy Seymour, dated 2000. Featured is a bulbous orange watering can with a Mid Century Modern design and two extending pipelines for the spout and handle.

Jerszy Seymour was born in Berlin in 1968 to a Canadian mother and German father who were both ballet dancers. Seymour was devoted to his studies at South Bank Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art before establishing the Jerszy Seymour Design Workshop in Berlin, which intended to improve the image of design within society. Seymour’s work is part of many permanent museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris as well as many other prominent exhibitions around the world.

Provenance
Property from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, sold to benefit the Art Acquisition Fund.

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Item #

18IND030-086