Radio (model AD-65)
1932 · Bakelite, stainless steel, and woven cloth
15 15/16 x 15 9/16 x 8 1/4" (40.5 x 39.5 x 21 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Wells Coates
Artist
WA-00034984
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Modern Architecture in England
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Wells Coates was a Canadian architect and designer whose practice spanned industrial design, furniture, and interior architecture. Active from the 1920s through the 1950s, he developed a modernist aesthetic rooted in functionalism and material innovation, working across metal, plywood, and emerging synthetic materials. His designs for residential and commercial interiors established a vocabulary of clean geometric forms and rational spatial planning that influenced mid-century modernism across North America and Europe.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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