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Oct 22, 2008

Zebra Vase

1939

designer

Victor Emanuel Lindstrand

(Swedish, 1904-1983)

manufacturer

Orrefors Glasshouse Orrefors Glasbruk

(Swedish, est. 1898)

Sweden, 20th century

Graal glass

Diameter: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); Overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.676

Location

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This vase is Graal glass, a popular art glass technique in the 1930s known for trapping color between layers of clear glass.

Description

Victor Emanuel “Vicke” Lindstrand’s award-winning designs are most often associated with the intricate Graal glass technique, in which different layers of glass are molded together. Lindstrand’s objects were displayed internationally, including at the 1939 New York’s World Fair, the same year as this Zebra Vase was produced and acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Artist biography

Victor Emanuel Lindstrand

Initially trained in graphic design at Gothenburg’s Konstindustriskolan (School of Arts & Crafts), Vicke Lindstrand began designing for Orrefors Glasshouse (est. 1898) in 1928. By 1930 his modernist inspired designs were praised at the Stockholm Exhibition. Lindstrand went on to display his designs at the world’s fairs in Paris (1937) and New York (1939). In the mid-1930s Lindstrand began designing ceramics for various Swedish porcelain manufactories such as Upsala-Ekeby (1886-1980).

Orrefors Glasshouse

Established in 1898 in the Swedish region, Småland, Orrefors became the most prominent producer of Swedish modern art glass in the 20th century. At the height of Orrefors’s popularity in the 1930s through 1960s, the firm’s designers boasted prestigious awards from many world’s fairs. The firm is associated with the development of the Graal and Ariel glass techniques, both considered distinctly Swedish styles of art glass. Since 1997, the firm has operated under the Danish design manufacturer, Royal Scandinavia. The Småland-based manufacturer closed in 2013.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscribed: "Orrefors-Sweden Ariel 115 Lindstrand - 39"

Citations

Huldt, Åke. Konsthantverk och hemslöjd i Sverige 1930-1940. Gothenburg, Sweden: Bokförmedlingen, 1941. Rep. 98 (Pl. II)

Ericsson, Anne-Marie, Derek E. Ostergard, and Nina Stritzler-Levine. The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry. New Haven, CT: Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts by Yale University Press, 1996. Discussed: Pg. 297, Reproduced: Pg. 297 (Cat. No. 145)

Hawley, Henry H. Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997. Reproduced and mentioned: fig. 8, p. 15

Exhibition history

The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939: An Alliance of Art and Industry. Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture (organizer) (November 20, 1996-March 2, 1997).

Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).

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Victor Emanuel Lindstrand

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