Harlequin Vase

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Object Name: 
Harlequin Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor
Accession Number: 
2004.3.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 38.6 cm, Diam (max): 10.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1962
Web Description: 
Karel Wünsch is one of the pioneering artists of the Czech postwar generation who focus on pushing the boundaries of glass as an artistic medium. This vase is one example of his sculptural treatment of the vessel, which was influenced by the work of contemporary artists such as the German-born French sculptor Jean Arp.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Wunsch, Karel (Czech, b. 1932), Former Collection
2004-02-23
Galerie W, Source
2004-02-23
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
red
white
Technique: 
mold-blowing
cased glass
cutting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
K. Wunsch 62.
Signature and date
: 
Engraved On bottom of vase.
Copyright: 
© Karel Wunsch

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent red and opaque white glass; mold-blown, cased, cut, ground and polished. Tall cylindrical vase that narrows slightly from about mid-body to rim. Vase is light pink shading down to dark pink with the same cut geometric decoration on front and back.

Exhibitions (1)

Decades in Glass: The 60's
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-11-17 through 2006-04-02
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2006-07-12 through 2007-01-06

Publications (6)

Czech Glass 1945-1980 Design in an Age of Adversity (Journal of Antiques and Collectibles) (June 2005) illustrated, p. 46; BIB# AI65719
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 20; BIB# 96551
Glass Struggle (2005-10) illustrated
New Glass Review, 26 (2005) illustrated, p. 125; BIB# AI65740
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2004 (2005) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# AI90240
Modernes Design: Kunsthandwerk nach 1945 (2001-12-04) illustrated, p. 154, #357; BIB# 66339