Ashtray with freestanding rabbit / René Lalique
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.229
- Title
- Ashtray with freestanding rabbit
- Artist
- René Lalique
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- (1860 - 1945)
- Medium and Support
- glass
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1919-1930
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- glass
- Inscription
- Engraved on base: R. Lalique France
- Dimensions
- 6.5 cm x 9.53 cm (2 9/16 in. x 3 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- glass
- Physical Description
- Clear glass saucer with milky, iridescent free-standing form in the center shaped like a rabbit.
- Subject Matter
- Inspired by the Art Nouveau movement, which was characterized by organic forms and motifs derived from nature, René Lalique’s works—often featuring various flora and fauna including animals, such as the rabbit seen here—played with the effects of transparency and surface treatment.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- mammals
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 569 x 483
- File Size
- 16 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.229
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.229/1972_2.229.jpg
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"Ashtray with freestanding rabbit; René Lalique." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.229/1972_2.229.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2024.