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Installation view of the exhibition "Humble Masterpieces"
April 8, 2004–September 27, 2004. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN1918.3. Photograph by John Wronn.
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Works identified
Marianne Brandt
Table Clock
c.1932
Sven Wingquist
Self-Aligning Ball Bearing
1907
Federal Tool Co., Inc., Springfield, MA
Screwdrivers
Before 1948
Tapio Wirkkala
Incandescent Bulb (model WIR105)
1959
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
LEGO building bricks
1954–1958
Olof Backstrom
Scissors
Designed 1960-1967, this example 1976
Göran Åslin
Buttoner
1980
CSS/Winfield
Unique Key Card
1982
Sherman L. Kelly
Ice Cream Scoop
1935
Louis Maslow
Whisk
1940s
Art Fry, Spencer Silver
Post-it® Note
c. 1977
Décolletage Plastique Design Team
Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen
1950
Todd Greene
"HeadBlade" Razor
1997-99
Jack Clements
"Solo Traveler" Coffee Cup Lid
1986
Leo Gerstenzang
Q-tips
1923
Hanes, Inc
White T-Shirt
1910s