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        "id": 142833,
        "accession_number": "1966.512",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Bowl, 1930. Orrefors Glasshouse (Swedish, est. 1898), probably by Carl Oskar Simon Gate (Swedish, 1883\u20131945). Glass; overall: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Henry Hunt Clark, 1966.512",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Bowl",
        "creation_date": "1930",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1930,
        "creation_date_latest": 1930,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male",
            "gender unknown"
        ],
        "culture": [
            "Sweden, 20th century"
        ],
        "technique": "glass",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Glass",
        "measurements": "Overall: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.108,
                "height_inch": 4,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.25
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "inscribed on base:  Orrefors 1930 G.U. 65.",
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                "inscription_remark": null,
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            }
        ],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 301129,
                    "title": "Year in Review: 1967",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).",
                    "opening_date": "1967-11-29T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 445409,
                    "title": "Art Deco",
                    "description": "<i>Art Deco</i>. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 1, 1971).",
                    "opening_date": "1971-06-06T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Raymond Clark, Wooster, Ohio.",
                "citations": [],
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                "date": null,
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        ],
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        "related_works": [],
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        "did_you_know": "The designer, Simon Gate, created this understated and unadorned bowl at a point in his career when he was best known for vases with engraved figures.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "This bowl features an undulating surface with four corners on a black base, a design Simon Gate initially created to compete at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. The popularity of the sleek and minimalist design prompted Gate to design a variety of bowls in different sizes and widths to sell at Orrefors that same year.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80043059"
            ],
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        },
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.512",
        "images": {},
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        "creditline": "Bequest of Henry Hunt Clark",
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                "id": 7297,
                "description": "Orrefors Glasshouse (Swedish, est. 1898)",
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                "qualifier": null,
                "role": "manufacturer",
                "biography": "Established in 1898 in the Swedish region, Sm\u00e5land, Orrefors became the most prominent producer of Swedish modern art glass in the 20th century. At the height of Orrefors\u2019s popularity in the 1930s through 1960s, the firm\u2019s designers boasted prestigious awards from many world\u2019s fairs. The firm is associated with the development of the Graal and Ariel glass techniques, both considered distinctly Swedish styles of art glass. Since 1997, the firm has operated under the Danish design manufacturer, Royal Scandinavia. The Sm\u00e5land-based manufacturer closed in 2013.",
                "name_in_original_language": "Orrefors Glasbruk",
                "birth_year": "1898",
                "use_in_caption": true,
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                "weight": 2
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                "description": "Carl Oskar Simon Gate (Swedish, 1883\u20131945)",
                "extent": null,
                "qualifier": "probably by",
                "role": "designed by",
                "biography": "Initially trained as a painter, Oscar Simon Gate studied at the Konstfackskolan (University College of Arts, Crafts and design), the Tekniska Skolan, and the Kungliga Konsth\u00f6gskolan (Royal University College of Fine Arts), all in Stockholm. Gate began designing for Orrefors Glasshouse (est. 1898) in 1913. Gate\u2019s designs featured a breadth of styles, from figural engravings to sleek unadorned modernist vessels. His work is often associated with the development of \u201cSwedish Grace\u201d glass stylings that garnered much praise at the 1925 \u201cExposition Internationale des Arts D\u00e9coratifs et Industriels Modernes\u201d in Paris, where Gate won the Grand Prix for his <em>Parispokalen</em>, or <em>Paris Cup</em>.",
                "name_in_original_language": null,
                "birth_year": "1883",
                "death_year": "1945",
                "use_in_caption": true,
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                "weight": 2
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1966-11-05T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1930,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "1930",
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        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
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        "alternate_titles": [],
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:50:23.068000"
    }
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