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Fluted bowl

Designer Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956)

Manufacturer Wiener Werkstätte (Austrian)

ManufacturerPossibly Moser & Söhn (Bohemia)

Place of OriginVienna, Austria; Possibly Carlsbad, Bohemia

Dateabout 1923

DimensionsH: 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in.); Rim Diam: 26.5 cm (10 1/2 in); Base Diam: 17.8 cm (7 in.)

MediumTransparent purple glass; mold-blown, applied.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Kirshner in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Goodman

Object number

1978.49

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

Label TextThe pronounced ribs of this elegant purple glass bowl generate an undulating effect that is enhanced by the vessel’s transparency, while the design terminates in the crisp rim of the bowl and the edge of its base. Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870–1956) had a preference for stylistic simplicity and manufacturing integrity and consequently his designs were dominated by simple forms and devoid of added decoration. A similar ribbed design by Hoffmann had been executed in silver a few years before the glass bowl.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 174-175, repr. (col.) p. 174.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Glass, Oct. 8 - Dec. 26, 2004.