Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor
Accession Number: 
99.3.53
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.4 cm, W: 20.8 cm, D (max): 7.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1965
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Steinberg Foundation
Web Description: 
During the 1950s, Adolf Matura (Czech, 1921-1979) designed pressed, engraved, and cut glass for commercial production. Around 1957, he and the designer Pavel Hlava (Czech, 1924-2003) developed cased and cut glass vases with shaped cores that are still in production today. In 1958, he was appointed to the glass section of the Czech national Center of House and Clothing Culture, where he remained until his death. Using restrained forms and decorations enriched with optical effects, Matura developed artistic designs compatible with industrial manufacturing processes.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
The Steinberg Foundation, Source
1999-12-29
Color: 
Translucent deep blue
Technique: 
blown
hot-worked
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
SF 481
Label
: 
Side
A Matura
Signature
: 
Bottom of base

Description

Primary Description: 
Translucent deep blue glass; blown, tooled.

Exhibitions (2)

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
Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-05-16 through 2002-10-21
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library 2003-02-28 through 2003-09-28
Corning Incorporated Gallery
 

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 88, #151; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 42 (2000) illustrated, p. 201, fig. 46; BIB# AI49427
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 17; BIB# AI95008