See more objects with the color darkgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1950

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • Work on this object ended.

1998

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Squat Teapot Design

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Tommi Parzinger. It is dated 1950–70 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Donald Cameron.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 40.2 x 45.3 cm (15 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower right, stamp: TEAPOT / DESIGNED by / Tommi Parzinger

Cite this object as

Drawing, Squat Teapot Design; Designed by Tommi Parzinger (American, b. Germany, 1903–1981); brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined; Sheet: 40.2 x 45.3 cm (15 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Gift of Donald Cameron; 1998-19-78

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

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-5.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18670329/ |title=Drawing, Squat Teapot Design |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=4 November 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>