id:			284577
accession number:	2020.217
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.217
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Mirror, c. 1930. Paul Fehér (American, born Hungary, 1898–1990), Rose Iron Works (American, Cleveland, est. 1904). Wrought iron, brass, silver, gold plating, glass; 182.9 x 114.3 x 6.4 cm (72 x 45 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2020.217 © Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC

title:				Mirror
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creation date:			c. 1930
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1935
current location:		228B Cleveland Artists
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			© Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC

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culture:	
technique:	Wrought iron, brass, silver, gold plating, glass
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Paul Fehér (American, born Hungary, 1898–1990)  - designer

* Rose Iron Works (American, Cleveland, est. 1904)  - maker

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measurements: 182.9 x 114.3 x 6.4 cm (72 x 45 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s
	opening date:   2017-04-07T00:00:00
	<i>The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s</i>. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis. </em>The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada (June 20-November 10, 1991).

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PROVENANCE

	(Rose Iron Works Collections, LLC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: c. 1930–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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The Rose Iron Works in Cleveland embraced the modern aesthetic of geometric patterning, with highly stylized and abstracted natural forms, in their designs by Hungarian-born Paul Fehér, who came from Paris to work for the company. Despite the stock market crash in 1929, the company continued to produce such designs in the hope that prosperity would soon return. However, this mirror remained unsold in their studio as the Great Depression took hold.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Clair, Jean. <em>The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis, </em>exh. cat. (Montreal, Canada: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1991).
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced P. 532
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	Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, Emily Marshall Orr, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: p. 193, fig. 240, cat. 315, p. 359
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/985455434

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