id:			111182
accession number:	1929.690
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.690
updated:		2023-01-10 20:03:49.143000

Figure of a Couple Sitting on a Bench, c. 1920–28. Kitty Rix (Austrian, 1901-?), Wiener Werkstätte (Austria, Vienna, 1903–32). Glazed ceramic; overall: 12.7 x 13.3 cm (5 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1929.690

title:				Figure of a Couple Sitting on a Bench
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creation date:			c. 1920–28
creation date earliest:		1920
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Educational Purchase Fund
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culture:	Austria, Vienna, 20th century
technique:	glazed ceramic
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Kitty Rix (Austrian, 1901-?)  - designed by
Ceramic and textile designer of Jewish ancestry associated with the Wiener Werkstatte. She designed her last pieces in 1931.
* Wiener Werkstätte (Austria, Vienna, 1903–32)  - maker

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measurements: Overall: 12.7 x 13.3 cm (5 x 5 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Stamped "W.W.  #496"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art Deco
	opening date:   1973-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>Art Deco</i>. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1973-January 27, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Rena Rosenthal, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929-
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digital description:
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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