Phanomen (Phenomenon) Vase

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Object Name:

Department

Modern

Category

Modern

Maker(s)

Hofstotter, Franz ((German, 1871-1958)), Maker

Gessner, Hubert ((Austrian, 1871-1943)), Maker

Johann Loetz Witwe ((Bohemian Factory)), Maker

E. Bakalowits Sohne, Maker

Place Made:

Bohemia, Klastersky Mlyn (Klostermuhle)

Date:

1902

Color

Colorless, opal, orange-red, dark brown, dark blue

AAT

colorless

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AAT

opal

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dark brown

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Technique

Mold blown, hot worked, iridized

Dimensions:

Overall H: 43 cm, Diam (max): 19.2 cm

Accession Number:

2002.3.2

Credit Line:

Gift in part of Glasgalerie Michael Kovacek

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless, opal, orange-red, dark brown and dark blue glass; silver stain, iridescence; mold-blown and hot-worked. Opal glass underlay. Large vase with a scalloped rim that narrows to long neck then widens at shoulder and narrows slightly to base.

Label Text

This vase was made by Loetz for E. Bakalowits Söhne, a specialty retailer in Vienna. Hubert Gessner, an architect, designed works in glass only for Bakalowits. Franz Hofstätter was a well-known glass painter and designer for Loetz.

Inscription

Loetz/Austria Bottom of vase

Provenance

Glassgallery Michael Kovacek, Source to 2002

Exhibitions (2)
Publications (2)

Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

Venue(s)

Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01

The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show

The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2005-05-19 through 2005-10-30

Publications

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 36;

Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 216, fig. 29;

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