Vase
- Date
- c.1904
- Material
- Glazed earthenware
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 129
- Dimensions
- 13 1/2 × 10 × 10 in. (34.3 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase, the Lopata Endowment Fund, the E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Trust, funds given by John Roslevich, the Margarita M. and Roland E. Jester Endowment Fund for the Decorative Arts; and bequest of Ruth Sudholt Wunderlich, and anonymous gift, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 17:2006
NOTES
The design of this vase is bold, spare, and surprisingly forward-looking for 1904. It consists of an elongated sphere with four handles created by oval voids around the shoulder. Within the voids an incurving neck suggests a vase within the sphere. Applied to this sleek form is a deep green matte glaze. A vase of this extraordinary design was also exhibited in the Art Palace, the Museum's Cass Gilbert building, at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
Provenance
- 1989
Private collection, Chicago, IL
1989 - 2005
Private collection, New York, NY, purchased at auction of "Important American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Design and Commissions including Ceramics" at Christie's, New York, December 9, 1989, lot. no. 120. [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from a private collection, through Cathers & Dembrosky, New York, NY [2]
Notes:
[1] See the auction catalog ["Important American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Design and Commissions including Ceramics." Christies, New York. December 9, 1989, lot no. 120].
[2] Invoice dated December 21, 2005 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 20, 2006.
Private collection, Chicago, IL
1989 - 2005
Private collection, New York, NY, purchased at auction of "Important American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Design and Commissions including Ceramics" at Christie's, New York, December 9, 1989, lot. no. 120. [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from a private collection, through Cathers & Dembrosky, New York, NY [2]
Notes:
[1] See the auction catalog ["Important American Arts & Crafts and Architectural Design and Commissions including Ceramics." Christies, New York. December 9, 1989, lot no. 120].
[2] Invoice dated December 21, 2005 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 20, 2006.
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