File:Playmate Conditioner.jpg

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Description	'American Gothic: Playmate Conditioner', Howard Kottler, 1972 commercial porcelain plate and decal with silver luster glaze 1 x 11 3/4 in. diam. (2.5 x 29.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English
Author or copyright owner	Smithsonian American Art Museum
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001.9, Online Collection. Immediate source: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=76365
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Howard Kottler
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Provide view of late clay sculptural artwork of artist.
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