id:			109705
accession number:	1928.347
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.347
updated:		2022-01-04 15:07:40.898000

Giraffe, c. 1928. Germany. Glazed ceramic; overall: 19.1 x 7.6 cm (7 1/2 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1928.347

title:				Giraffe
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creation date:			c. 1928
creation date earliest:		1923
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Educational Purchase Fund
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culture:	Germany
technique:	glazed ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 19.1 x 7.6 cm (7 1/2 x 3 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Die Deutsche Werkstatte, Dresden, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1928-
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fun fact: 
Animals fascinated early modern designers interested in kinetic form and patterns of decoration.

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Austrian designers Walter Bosse and Kitty Rix feature colorful, bright forms in their ceramic figures that conjure whimsy and invite imagined stories. Their exaggerated features—such as oversize eyes, ears, and whiskers as well as elongated necks or shortened limbs—use caricature to emphasize elements of form, engaging the viewer through humor and charm. Throughout their careers, Bosse and Rix produced modernist designs for the two leading artist workshops—the Wiener Werkstätte and the Austrian Werkbund.

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