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- Bookend, 1991 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1991
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Bookend, 1991
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Bookend, 1991 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1991
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Bookend, 1991
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Mickey Mouse Bookend, 1995 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1995
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Mickey Mouse Bookend, 1995
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Mickey Mouse Bookend, 1995 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1995
- Collections - Artifact
Mickey Mouse Bookend, 1995
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Bookend Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
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Bookend Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Bookend, Bust of Race Car Driver Juan Manuel Fangio, circa 1965 - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina was the dominant driver in Formula One's early years. He won the World Drivers' Championship five times: in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957. At various points in his career, Fangio drove for Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Maserati. He retired from competitive driving in 1958.
- circa 1965
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Bookend, Bust of Race Car Driver Juan Manuel Fangio, circa 1965
Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina was the dominant driver in Formula One's early years. He won the World Drivers' Championship five times: in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957. At various points in his career, Fangio drove for Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Maserati. He retired from competitive driving in 1958.
- Bookends, Bust of Race Car Driver Stirling Moss, circa 1965 - Sir Stirling Moss ranked as one of Great Britain's finest racing drivers, having earned 212 wins in 529 starts. He finished in the top three in Formula One standings each year from 1955 to 1961. Moss retired from competitive driving after surviving an accident at Goodwood in 1962. He later served as a color commentator for televised Formula One and NASCAR races.
- 1948-1962
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Bookends, Bust of Race Car Driver Stirling Moss, circa 1965
Sir Stirling Moss ranked as one of Great Britain's finest racing drivers, having earned 212 wins in 529 starts. He finished in the top three in Formula One standings each year from 1955 to 1961. Moss retired from competitive driving after surviving an accident at Goodwood in 1962. He later served as a color commentator for televised Formula One and NASCAR races.
- Bookend Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- 1950-1969
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Bookend Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Kermit the Frog Bookend Prototype, 1996 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1996
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Kermit the Frog Bookend Prototype, 1996
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- "Kermit Collection" Miss Piggy Bookend, 1996 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1996
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"Kermit Collection" Miss Piggy Bookend, 1996
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.