vase

Object NameVase with Two Female Figures

Maker Václav Cigler (Czech, b. 1929)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Prague

TechniqueMold- Blown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 22.2 cm, Diam: 13.8 cm

Accession Number62.3.131

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

New Glass Now | Context

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

Design in an Age of Adversity: Czech Glass, 1945-1980

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; molded, engraved and abraded. Rim slightly outsplayed with flat surface; wall almost straight but with slightly convex profile, tapering toward bottom; flat bottom; engraved and abraded decoration, partly in low relief, on one side of wall: two females, naked, sitting facing each other but with faces and torsos turned toward viewer; figure on left holds flower-like object in right hand while raising left hand as if to shield it; figure on right raises right hand to shield flower and reaches toward first figure with left hand. Figures are "silhouetted" by narrow band of abrasion which appears cloudy.
Provenance

Former Collection Skloexport Liberec - 1962