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Object number2023.182.6

Manufacturer Wawel

OriginPoland

MediumCeramic; Glaze; Paper; Ink; Adhesive

Credit LineGift of William Kolano

DescriptionCircular white ceramic color palette or color wheel plate. White porcelain ground with overall white glaze. Plate is flat at center with high curved walls. Front center of plate has two rings of glaze color/design samples, one ring around wall perimeter and one ring around center of plate; each color/design sample has black identification number below; outer ring includes grays, blacks, browns, oranges, greens, and blues; inner ring includes purples, blues, pinks, reds, browns, oranges, and yellows. Front center has black Polish text. Bottom center of inner sample ring has off-white sticker with printed and handwritten text. Reverse has circular foot surrounding interior smaller foot with maker text at center.DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 1.125 x 12.75 in. (2.9 x 32.4 cm)
InscriptionsFront center of plate has black Polish text.

Each color/design sample has black identification numeric below.

Bottom center of inner color sample ring has off-white sticker with printed and handwritten text "MINEX / WARSZAWA POLAND / OFFSET".
MarksReverse has green text at center "W / Wawel / MADE IN / POLAND".
Historical NotesPlate with glaze color sample swatches. Part of a collection related to the career of Irene Pasinski Sailer. Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923, to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport. While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president. Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Edmund Pasinski and Paul G. Sailer.

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

Related institution Irene Pasinski Associates

Previous owner Irene Pasinski Sailer (1923 - 2002)

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