Working Title/Artist: Tea infuser and strainer Department: Modern Art Culture/Period/Location: HB/TOA Date Code: Working Date: ca. 1924 photography by mma 2000, transparency #5 scanned and retouched by film and media (jn) 1_19_05

Marianne (Liebe) Brandt German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer who studied at the Bauhaus school under László Moholy-Nagy and became head of the metal workshop in 1928. Today, Brandt’s designs for household objects such as lamps, ashtrays and teapots are considered the harbinger of modern industrial design. -wikipedia