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Free-form Vase

Free-form Vase

 
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Object Name: 
Free-form Vase
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Stahlikova, Maria ((Czech, b. 1922)), Artist
Skrdlovice Glassworks, Studio
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Skrdlovice
Date: 
1958
Color
Transparent orange and yellow
Technique
Blown, cased, and cut
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.3 cm, W: 12.7 cm, D: 7 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.3.56
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent orange and yellow glass; blown, cased, cut. Short eliptical shape vase with angled rim and small relatively small opening to left side of the piece.
Label Text
Designs for Czech glass after 1945 are widely respected for their originality and innovation. Like mid-century Italian and Scandinavian glass, Czech glass was influenced by contemporary art. What distinguishes Czech glass of the period, however, is the artists’ treatment of glass as a medium for abstract painting and sculpture. Abstraction in the fine arts was not permitted by the Czechoslovak communist government. This piece was exhibited in “Glass 1959”
Inscription
M. Stahlikova '58
Signature and date
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Engraved On bottom of base. in script

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Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1959 through 1959
Publications
1

Publications

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass (1959) illustrated, p. 58, pl. 24; BIB# 27614

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