Phanomen (Phenomenon) Vase

Object Name: 
Phanomen (Phenomenon) Vase

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Object Name: 
Phanomen (Phenomenon) Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia, Klastersky Mlyn (Klostermuehle)
Accession Number: 
2002.3.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 43 cm, Diam (max): 19.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1902
Credit Line: 
Gift in part of Glasgalerie Michael Kovacek
Web Description: 
This vase was produced by Loetz for E. Bakalowits & Söhne, a specialty retailer in Vienna. It was designed by Hubert Gessner, an architect who created works in glass only for Bakalowits, and Franz Hofstötter, a well-known glass painter and designer for Loetz.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Glassgallery Michael Kovacek, Source
2002
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Colorless, opal, orange-red, dark brown, dark blue
colorless
opal
dark brown
Technique: 
Mold blown, hot worked, iridized
Material: 
glass
silver stain
Inscription: 
Loetz/Austria
Signature
: 
Bottom of vase
Copyright: 
© Franz Hofstotter
© Hubert Gessner

Description

Primary 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.

Exhibitions (2)

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 1820-1935
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-05-19 through 2005-10-30
 

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 36; BIB# AI93609
Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 216, fig. 29; BIB# AI59133