Franziska Porges Hosken (American, 1919-2006) Untitled (#107)

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Franziska Porges Hosken (American, 1919-2006)

Untitled (#107)
Signed "Franziska Porges Hosken" in pen and identified on the artist's card affixed
to the reverse.
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in., unframed.
Note: Fran Hosken was a Boston interior and product designer turned architecture critic and woman's health activist. She graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1944, and founded the furniture company Hosken Inc. with her husband in 1948 through 1953. (1) The Hoskens' designs were distributed by Macy's, Knoll, and Raymor.

(1) http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~des00029
Estimate $200-400


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