Vase / Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.202
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1848-1933
- Medium and Support
- iridescent blue, silver and yellowish-green glass
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- New York (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- New York (state)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Art Nouveau
- Inscription
- Initialed and numbered on base: L.C.T. Y 5018
- Dimensions
- 18 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm (7 1/16 in. x 4 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
- Century
- Late 19th-Early 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- glass
- Physical Description
- Iridescent blue, silver and yellowish-green glass vessel with tear-drop shaped body with vertical ribs, slight swell at neck and slightly flared lip.
- Subject Matter
- Tiffany was conversant with glass (both mosaics and blown glass vessels) from different cultures and epochs, including that of ancient Rome. This miniature vase exhibits Tiffany's mastery of asymmetrical form (which recalls late antique glass as well as sharing in the aesthetic of Art Nouveau) and recalls the beautiful small bottles that contained perfumes or precious oils excavated from Roman sites. Tiffany's gorgeous use of color and iridescence in a small vase such as this also evokes the iridescence of excavated Roman glass--not an intended effect in the Roman work but a result of chemical changes in the glass as a consequence of contact with acidic and moist earth. In this small vase, Tiffany conjures up all the rich association of late Roman glass as well as the opulent color and lines of Tiffany's contemporary arts and crafts.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 501 x 921
- File Size
- 25 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.202
- Link to this Item
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"Vase; Louis Comfort Tiffany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.202/1972_2.202.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
