Lost Homes II (Verschwundene Heimat)

Object NameSculpture

Artist Dana Vachtová (Czech, 1937 - 2023)

Made FromGlass, Silver Leaf, Metal

Date1989

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod

TechniquePate de verre, assembled

SizeOverall H: 40.5 cm, W: 42 cm, D: 30.6 cm

Accession Number2010.3.173

Credit LineGift of Rainer Zietz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; pate de verre, assembled, silver leaf, metal. Rectangular sculpture, reminiscent of a crumbling wall/structure. This sculpture is from a series of six different sculptures on the subject of the Kristallnacht. For this sculpture, the artist received a Silver Award, "Kristallnacht Project," The American Interfaith Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 1992.
Provenance

Source Rainer Zietz - 2009-02-12-2010-12-28

Former Collection Dr. Alfred Dittrich - 2009-02-12
Auktionshaus Jurgen Fischer, Sale 178, Sammlung Dittrich Tschechische Glaskunst 1945-2000, Teil I, Lot 174