This fall (Oct. 21 — Nov. 24), R 20^th Cen­tury will be host­ing the first solo exhi­bi­tion of Renate Müller in the U.S. If at all pos­si­ble, this is some­thing you def­i­nitely don’t want to miss!

Renate’s leather and jute ani­mals are sim­ply stun­ning (see ear­lier post). Orig­i­nally designed in the 1960s as ther­a­peu­tic toys, Renate took over the rights in 1990 and con­tin­ues to hand-produce very lim­ited quan­ti­ties of the clas­sic designs as well as new designs.

Thanks to Lily Kane at R 20^th for the info (she also men­tioned a 5 ft. bear by Renate recently arrived that I’m dying to see)!

pho­tos cour­tesy of sherry griffin/r 20^th century