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Fluted Vase

Fluted Vase

Josef Hoffmann

Like Hoffmann's cobalt paneled vases (see 2012.32.9.1-2), the sinuous shape of this fluted vase made of alpaka-- a combination of nickel, zinc, and tin-- reflects his turn toward more feminine and baroque designs during the interwar period. (Skrypzak, Design Vienna 1890s to 1930s, no. 46)
Artist
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870 - 1956)
Title
Fluted Vase
Date
ca. 1920
Medium
Hand-wrought silver gilt alpaka (nickel, zinc, and tin)
Dimensions
7 1/2 H x 5 1/2 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2012.32.10
Classification
Metalwork
Geography
Austria

Related

February 2000, 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. 46

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

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