Centerpiece
- Date
- 1906–7
- made in
- Vienna, Wien state, Austria, Europe
- Classification
- Glassware, metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 133W
- Dimensions
- assembled: 4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (10.5 x 16.2 cm)
glass only: 1 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (4.1 x 15.9 cm)
base only: 4 x 6 3/8 in. (10.2 x 16.2 cm) - Credit Line
- Director's Discretionary Fund and funds given by the E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Trust, Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, Elbelle Moore, and Jane and Warren Shapleigh
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 135:2002a,b
Provenance
1999/11/30
At auction, "Jugendstil," Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria, November 30, 1999, lot no. 336 [1]
Private Collection, Vienna, Austria
- 2002
Historical Design, Inc., New York, NY, USA, purchased from a private collection [2]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Historical Design, Inc. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to email correspondence dated June 16, 2003 between SLAM researcher Pam Stewart, and Julia Blaha, Dorotheum auctions, the centerpiece was sold at the auction, "Jugendstil," Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria, November 30, 1999, lot no. 336 [SLAM document files].
[2] Per faxed correspondence dated March 21, 2003 from Historical Design Inc. to SLAM curator Cara McCarty, stating that they purchased the centerpiece from a private collector/dealer in Vienna [SLAM document files].
[3] Per invoice dated April 25, 2002 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustes, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 30, 2002.
At auction, "Jugendstil," Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria, November 30, 1999, lot no. 336 [1]
Private Collection, Vienna, Austria
- 2002
Historical Design, Inc., New York, NY, USA, purchased from a private collection [2]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Historical Design, Inc. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to email correspondence dated June 16, 2003 between SLAM researcher Pam Stewart, and Julia Blaha, Dorotheum auctions, the centerpiece was sold at the auction, "Jugendstil," Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria, November 30, 1999, lot no. 336 [SLAM document files].
[2] Per faxed correspondence dated March 21, 2003 from Historical Design Inc. to SLAM curator Cara McCarty, stating that they purchased the centerpiece from a private collector/dealer in Vienna [SLAM document files].
[3] Per invoice dated April 25, 2002 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustes, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 30, 2002.
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