"Single Bloom" Vase

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Object Name:

"Single Bloom" Vase

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Matura, Adolf ((Czech, 1921-1979)), Maker

Art Center for Glass Industry, Maker

Place Made:

Czechoslovakia, Novy Bor

Date:

1958

Color

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colorless

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amethyst

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Technique

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blown glass

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cutting

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cased

Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall: 29.1 cm; Base W: 4.6 cm, L: 6.7 cm; Top W: 3.7 cm, L: 4.8 cm

Accession Number:

68.3.37

Credit Line:

Gift of Galerie Nationale De Prague

Location:

On Display

Description

Clear, pale amethyst; blown, cased, and cut.

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

48229 scratch engraved on base

A Matura 57 scratch engraved on base

Provenance

Galerie Nationale De Praque, Former Collection to 1968

Exhibitions (2)
Publications (3)

Exhibitions

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2002-05-16 through 2002-10-21

National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library 2003-02-28 through 2003-09-28

Corning Incorporated Gallery

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1959 through 1959

Publications

Behind The Iron Curtain: Czech Glass of the 1950s and 1960s (2003) illustrated, p. 44; p. 45;

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass (1959) illustrated, p. 47, pl. 11; BIB# 27614

Du caractere et de l'originalite de cerre de Boheme (1957-10) illustrated, fig. 2;

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