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Paneled Vase

Paneled Vase

Josef Hoffmann

"With this pair of paneled vases, Hoffmann, like Otto Prutscher, draws on the tradition of Bohemian colored and cut glass. The regularly patterned design of the tall, elegant vessels and the stress on linearity has an affinity with Hoffmann's earlier geometric style. The deep blue color of the glass also lends a cool, rational sensibility to the design. In contract, however, the rounded, swelling profile of the vases indicates the sensuous character of his designs beginning around 1915." (Skrypzak, Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s, no. 45)
Artist
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870 - 1956)
Title
Paneled Vase
Date
ca. 1920
Medium
Cut cobalt glass
Dimensions
12 1/2 H x 5 9/15 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2012.32.9.1
Classification
Glass
Geography
Austria

Related

July 2001, sold by Historical Design, Inc. (New York, NY) to Barbara Mackey Kaerwer (Eden Prairie, MN); 8 November 2012, gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

  • Skrypzak, Joann. "Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s," Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2003. p. 70, no. 45

  • Design, Vienna 1890s-1930s: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/26/2003–6/29/2003

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