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Object NameUrn with Classical Scene of a Youth and Two Horses
Series
- Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal
Designer
Giorgio de Chirico
(Italian, b. Greece, 1888-1978)
Maker
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(1903-)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1940
Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning
TechniqueMold-blown, applied, engraved
SizeOverall H: 28.5 cm, Diam (max): 19.3 cm
Accession Number2015.4.4
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists in Crystal
Not On View
Physical DescriptionUrn with Classical Scene of a Youth and Two Horses from "Twenty-Seven Artists in Crystal" series. Colorless lead glass; mold-blown, applied, engraved. Colorless lead glass, mold-blown, engraved. Inverted bell-shaped urn body with wide mouth on tall baluster foot decorated with applied scrolls, imitating an ancient South Italian vase. Engraved design of a classical scene with the figure of a partially nude youth and two horses, with classical architectural elements in the background; reverse is plain.Provenance
Source
David Roth
- 2009-01-05-2015-03-03
The De Chirico vase was sold at Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY in 2008 as is. Roth subsequently purchased the vase from a Millbrook, NY dealer on 01/05/09. The Stair Galleries is a mid-level auction house that sells mostly estate items, and sometimes some very nice things turn up from the estates, no doubt, of wealthy New Yorkers, many of whom have country homes in the Hudson Valley.
We know from the Steuben Archive at the Rakow Library that four examples of this urn were sold in the 1940s and early 1950s. One now belongs in the collection of the R.W. Norton Art Foundation & Gallery in Shreveport, LA, which was bought by Mr. Norton on 11/26/52, where it was identified as an urn. One was sold on 3/26/40 to Mrs. John P. Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island; one was sold on 2/21/40 to Mr. Harvey S. Mudd, Beverly Hills, CA; and one was sold on 7/1953 to Mrs. Joseph Rubin, location unknown. This urn may have come from one of the three private collections.
The De Chirico vase was sold at Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY in 2008 as is. Roth subsequently purchased the vase from a Millbrook, NY dealer on 01/05/09. The Stair Galleries is a mid-level auction house that sells mostly estate items, and sometimes some very nice things turn up from the estates, no doubt, of wealthy New Yorkers, many of whom have country homes in the Hudson Valley.
We know from the Steuben Archive at the Rakow Library that four examples of this urn were sold in the 1940s and early 1950s. One now belongs in the collection of the R.W. Norton Art Foundation & Gallery in Shreveport, LA, which was bought by Mr. Norton on 11/26/52, where it was identified as an urn. One was sold on 3/26/40 to Mrs. John P. Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island; one was sold on 2/21/40 to Mr. Harvey S. Mudd, Beverly Hills, CA; and one was sold on 7/1953 to Mrs. Joseph Rubin, location unknown. This urn may have come from one of the three private collections.
Former Collection
Stair Galleries
- 2008
The De Chirico vase was sold at Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY in 2008 as is. Roth subsequently purchased the vase from a Millbrook, NY dealer on 01/05/09. The Stair Galleries is a mid-level auction house that sells mostly estate items, and sometimes some very nice things turn up from the estates, no doubt, of wealthy New Yorkers, many of whom have country homes in the Hudson Valley.
We know from the Steuben Archive at the Rakow Library that four examples of this urn were sold in the 1940s and early 1950s. One now belongs in the collection of the R.W. Norton Art Foundation & Gallery in Shreveport, LA, which was bought by Mr. Norton on 11/26/52, where it was identified as an urn. One was sold on 3/26/40 to Mrs. John P. Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island; one was sold on 2/21/40 to Mr. Harvey S. Mudd, Beverly Hills, CA; and one was sold on 7/1953 to Mrs. Joseph Rubin, location unknown. This urn may have come from one of the three private collections.
The De Chirico vase was sold at Stair Galleries, Hudson, NY in 2008 as is. Roth subsequently purchased the vase from a Millbrook, NY dealer on 01/05/09. The Stair Galleries is a mid-level auction house that sells mostly estate items, and sometimes some very nice things turn up from the estates, no doubt, of wealthy New Yorkers, many of whom have country homes in the Hudson Valley.
We know from the Steuben Archive at the Rakow Library that four examples of this urn were sold in the 1940s and early 1950s. One now belongs in the collection of the R.W. Norton Art Foundation & Gallery in Shreveport, LA, which was bought by Mr. Norton on 11/26/52, where it was identified as an urn. One was sold on 3/26/40 to Mrs. John P. Pratt, Glen Cove, Long Island; one was sold on 2/21/40 to Mr. Harvey S. Mudd, Beverly Hills, CA; and one was sold on 7/1953 to Mrs. Joseph Rubin, location unknown. This urn may have come from one of the three private collections.
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