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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014

Ashtray

Ashtray

c. 1920–29

Austria, Vienna

Enamel on copper

Diameter: 1.9 x 8.6 cm (3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)

Educational Purchase Fund 1930.77

Location

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Animals fascinated early modern designers interested in kinetic form and patterns of decoration.

Description

In the early 1900s, bending and cutting sheet metal to produce dynamic shapes was one of the most common techniques used to teach natural form in design schools in Vienna. From this method evolved the commercial production of small polished or enameled figures of popular animals from the circus or farm—including giraffes, foxes, and dogs—exaggerated in their modernist forms.

See also
Collection: 
Decorative Arts
Department: 
Decorative Art and Design
Type of artwork: 
Enamel
Medium: 
Enamel on copper
Credit line: 
Educational Purchase Fund

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