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vase

Object NameVase

Series

Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal

Primary Title

Acrobats

Designer Pavel Tchelitchew (American b. Russia, 1898-1957)

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Engraver Joseph C. Libisch (American, b. Croatia, 1886-1964)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1939

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 33 cm, Diam (max): 28.4 cm

Accession Number89.4.30

Credit LineGift of Harry W. and Mary M. Anderson in memory of Carl G. and Borghild M. Anderson and Paul E. and Louise Wheeler

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Corning Glass Center 2000/Steuben Exhibition

Local Color: Secrets of Steuben Glass

Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960

On ViewWest Bridge

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Pavel Tchelitchew was born in Russia, but he lived and worked most of his life in Berlin and Paris. He was primarily a landscape and portrait painter, but he also painted circus scenes and designed sets and costumes for the theater, ballet, and opera.

Physical DescriptionVase with Acrobats. From the Steuben series "Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal." Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Large footed vase with globular bowl, fire-polished lipless rim; bowl engraved on exterior of one side with scene depicting a male acrobat laying on his back, arms resting under his head, upon a textured rectangular box, on the foot of one leg lifted at a 90° degree angle a sharply foreshortened female acrobat, with extended arm, balances on her mid-section; other leg of male angled at 45° degrees and balances a horizontal line with a ball rests on far end; horizon line extends from both sides of box, on right section several broken lines converge to one point on horizon line; short, solid stem; slightly domed foot, polished pontil; inscribed in script on polished pontil: "Steuben 1939/3-5"; inscribed in replica of artist's signature on base of design: "P. Tchelitchew".
Provenance

Former Collection Harry W. Anderson

Former Collection Mary M. Anderson