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"share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
"tombstone": "Under Ekvatorn (Beneath the Equator), 1941. Josef Frank (Swedish, born Austria, 1885\u20131967), Svenskt Tenn (Swedish, est. 1924). Plain weave bleached linen, loom width, printed; overall: 192.4 x 127 cm (75 3/4 x 50 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1954.202",
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"title": "Under Ekvatorn (Beneath the Equator)",
"creation_date": "1941",
"creation_date_earliest": 1941,
"creation_date_latest": 1941,
"artists_tags": [
"male",
"Jewish artists"
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"Sweden, Stockholm, Svenskt Tenn, 20th century"
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"technique": "Plain weave bleached linen, loom width, printed",
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"department": "Textiles",
"collection": "Textiles",
"type": "Textile",
"measurements": "Overall: 192.4 x 127 cm (75 3/4 x 50 in.)",
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"height": 1.924,
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"current": [
{
"id": 359283,
"title": "Flowers in Art",
"description": "Flowers in Art. Karamu House (organizer) (June 30-September 30, 1965).",
"opening_date": "1965-06-30T04:00:00"
},
{
"id": 313463,
"title": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design",
"description": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).",
"opening_date": "2019-02-17T05:00:00"
}
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"description": "purchased from Bonnier's, New York",
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"did_you_know": "All the flowers depicted in this design are imaginary flowers created by Josef Frank.",
"description": "Though this pattern is titled Under Ekvatorn or Beneath the Equator, the design and textile were both produced in Sweden. Frank\u2019s use of brightly colored flowers on a black background suggests a warm equatorial environment brimming with vitality.",
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"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80023045"
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"citations": [
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"citation": "Harrison, Stephen and Houblou, Kate M. \u201cSwedish Modern Design: A new exhibition looks at the fresh fabrics and furnishings that revolutionized interior decoration.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 1 (January/February 2019): 10-11.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 10",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-01/page/n5/mode/2up"
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"creditline": "The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund",
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"description": "Josef Frank (Swedish, born Austria, 1885\u20131967)",
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"biography": "Born to a Jewish family in Baden, Austria, Josef Frank was an architect and designer who came of age in pre-war Vienna. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule (Polytechnic) in 1910 and taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) until the mid-1920s. An associate of the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte, Frank founded his own interior design firm Haus & Garten in 1925 with Oskar Wlach (1881-1963) and Walter Sobotka (1888-1972). During this venture Frank wrote several design treatises including Architektur als Symbol (1931). Frank married Anna Sebenius, a Swedish woman, in 1912 and in 1933 began designing for the Stockholm-based interior design company Svenkst Tenn. Although he immigrated to Sweden and adopted Swedish citizenship in 1938, Frank spent World War II in the United States teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York. In 1946 Frank returned to Sweden, continuing work with Svenkst Tenn until his death in 1967. Frank is considered to be one of the pioneers of Swedish modern design and the \u201cScandinavian Style.\u201d",
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"description": "Svenskt Tenn (Swedish, est. 1924)",
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"biography": "Founded by Estrid Ericson in 1924, the Stockhlm studio and shop Svenskt Tenn (Swedish Tin) originally specialized in pewterware. After the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, Ericson restructured the firm as a furnishings company specializing in the functionalist design exhibited at the fair. In 1933 Ericson hired the Austrian architect and designer Josef Frank to be the firm\u2019s chief designer, allowing her to focus on the company\u2019s business matters. Svenskt Tenn is still operating in Stockholm.",
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"alternate_titles": [
"Under Ekvatorn"
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"updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:05:48.094000"
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