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Centerpiece

Date
1906–7
Classification
Glassware, metalwork
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
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.

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