Pitcher, Koloman Moser, c. 1905, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture
clear glass with pressed ice crystal-like appearance A founder of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) with Josef Hoffmann in 1903, Koloman Moser began his career as a painter working with the Vienna Secession artists in the Viennese Art Nouveau style of the 1890s. His early Secession designs are characterized by naturalistic motifs on a grid-pattern. His later work for the Wiener Werkstätte included graphic design, metalwork, ceramics, leatherwork and glass and incorporated more abstract and geometric decoration, also using a grid pattern. In this pitcher Moser has removed all decoration and employed the crackle pattern of the glass as the sole ornament on the simple geometric form. Size: 8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (20.32 x 13.02 x 11.43 cm) Medium: Glass
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