vase

Object NameVase with Centaur and Unicorn

Series

Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal

Designer Jean Hugo (French, 1894-1984)

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromGlass

Date1939

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueBlown and engraved

SizeOverall H: 23.7 cm, Diam (max): 29.5 cm

Accession Number2003.4.56

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

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

On ViewModern Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The painter Jean Hugo was the great-grandson of the famous French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. He was one of a circle of avant-garde artists and writers in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. It included the Surrealists Jean Cocteau, René Char, and Paul Eluard, and Hugo’s good friend Henri Matisse.

Physical DescriptionVase with Centaur and Unicorn. From the Steuben series "Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal." Colorless glass; blown, applied, engraved. Large footed vase has wide rounded body, opens to flared rim, with opposing applied handles on lower body. Body is decorated with engraved figures of a centaur holding a spear and unicorn beside a tree.
Provenance

Former Collection Joan C. Charles - 2003-06-12