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"accession_number": "1937.183",
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"tombstone": "Mirakel (Miracle), c. 1925\u201330. Josef Frank (Swedish, born Austria, 1885\u20131967), Haus & Garten (Austrian, est. 1925). Linen: bleached, plain weave, block printed, loom width; overall: 95.7 x 121.3 cm (37 11/16 x 47 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1937.183",
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"title": "Mirakel (Miracle)",
"creation_date": "c. 1925\u201330",
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"artists_tags": [
"Jewish artists",
"male"
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"culture": [
"Austria, Vienna"
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"technique": "Linen: bleached, plain weave, block printed, loom width",
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"department": "Textiles",
"collection": "Textiles",
"type": "Textile",
"measurements": "Overall: 95.7 x 121.3 cm (37 11/16 x 47 3/4 in.)",
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"height": 0.957,
"height_inch": 37,
"height_inch_fraction": 0.6875,
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"exhibitions": {
"current": [
{
"id": 313463,
"title": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design",
"description": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).",
"opening_date": "2019-02-17T05:00:00"
}
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"description": "Likely purchased by Mrs. Ruth F. Ruggles in Vienna, Austria from \"Haus & Garten\"",
"citations": [],
"footnotes": [],
"date": "1937",
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"did_you_know": "Josef Frank often layered patterns; the background uses a dotted pattern that could evoke a placid pond or a starry sky.",
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"description": "Named for the technical \u201cmiracle\u201d that is this textile\u2019s stacked rotating design, Mirakel is still produced by the Stockholm-based interior design firm Svenskt Tenn. Though the design is now screenprinted in Sweden, this textile fragment was block printed by Josef Frank\u2019s Austrian firm Haus & Garten, giving it an earlier production date. The design features imaginary flowers and sinuous vines, signature design elements of Frank\u2019s textiles.",
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"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80010867"
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"citation": "See \"December, 1937.\" Education Department Annual Report, 1937, CMA Archives.",
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}
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"description": "Josef Frank (Swedish, born Austria, 1885\u20131967)",
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"biography": "Born to a Jewish family in Baden, Austria, Josef Frank was an architect and designer who came of age in pre-war Vienna. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule (Polytechnic) in 1910 and taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) until the mid-1920s. An associate of the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte, Frank founded his own interior design firm Haus & Garten in 1925 with Oskar Wlach (1881-1963) and Walter Sobotka (1888-1972). During this venture Frank wrote several design treatises including Architektur als Symbol (1931). Frank married Anna Sebenius, a Swedish woman, in 1912 and in 1933 began designing for the Stockholm-based interior design company Svenkst Tenn. Although he immigrated to Sweden and adopted Swedish citizenship in 1938, Frank spent World War II in the United States teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York. In 1946 Frank returned to Sweden, continuing work with Svenkst Tenn until his death in 1967. Frank is considered to be one of the pioneers of Swedish modern design and the \u201cScandinavian Style.\u201d",
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"biography": "Established by Josef Frank (1885-1967), Oskar Wlach (1881-1963) and Walter Sobotka (1888-1972) in 1925, the Vienna-based interior design firm Haus & Garten worked concurrent with the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte. Frank acted as lead designer with Wlach overseeing the business. Despite his immigration to Sweden in 1933, Frank continued working with the firm until giving up his partnership in 1938. Sobotka departed from the firm earlier in 1926.",
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"date_text": "c. 1925\u201330",
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"Mirakel"
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:47:54.500000"
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