Designer: Richard Meier (born 1934)

Item: Pair of Ana Mini picture frames

Manufactured by: Cleto Munari for Swid Powell

Country of origin: Italy

Year made: Ca. 1987

Materials: Silverplate over brass

Dimensions: Each 3” x 3” x 1”

Condition: Excellent to very good. One is in excellent used condition, and the other is in very good used condition with some scuffs and polishing scratches, but all silverplate is fully intact. The tarnish on the interior one one has been removed, but appears in the photos looking like rust and is no longer there.

References: Tapert, Annette. SWID POWELL: Objects by Architects, Rizzoli, 1990.

Description: Here is a great pair of small frames by Richard Meier for Swid Powell, of excellent construction and craftsmanship. These are getting hard to find. We are selling them as a pair. Meier’s designs for Swid Powell are in many major museum collections, and the drawings for this frame can be found in Tapert’s book. This is the smallest of the four Ana frames that Meier designed for Swid Powell.