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Loetz vase with etched decor Hans Bolek ca. 1915

SKU 284

Large vase with etched decor, Hans Bolek, Johann Loetz Witwe, decor Opal with black, ca. 1915

  • Height: 8.5cm
  • Width: 17.5cm
  • Dating: 1915 to 1916
    Epoch: Art Nouveau
    Technique: Glass, mould-blown, opal undercoat, black overlay, etched decor
    Bib.: comp. decoration in E. Ploil, H. Ricke e.a. (ed.), „Loetz – Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940“, Werkmonographie, vol. I, Prestel, Munich 1989, p. 284; form: E. Ploil, H. Ricke e.a. (ed.), „Loetz – Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940“, vol. II, Musterschnitte, Prestel, Munich 1989, paper pattern bowl mod. no. III-661, p. 233
    12.500,00 VAT included
    SKU 284
    Description

    The bowl by Hans Bolek with the striking decor “Opal with Black” belongs to the group of glasses which Loetz had designed after the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne in 1914.
    Optically charming with its heart leaf vines, this series testifies to the high craftsmanship of the glassworks Johann Loetz Witwe. The bowl is underlaid with opal white glass and overlaid with black glass. The decor was then etched out with hydrofluoric acid from this overlay which revealed the ice-like opal surface.
    We are in the fortunate position of being able to offer three different glass vessels from this series designed by Hans Bolek. This makes it possible to compare the effect of the same decoration on different vase shapes.
    Bolek divides the wall of the bowl into a vegetable-decorative and a geometric-strict part. On the upper part, the heart-leaf pattern runs around the bowl like a frieze. In contrast to this, vertical stripes structure the wall in the lower area and lend the vessel a certain formal strictness along with the flush ground edge. The ground down upper edge and on the bottom of the bowl clearly show the layered structure with underlay and overlay.

    Loetz vase with etched decor Hans Bolek ca. 1915
    12.500,00

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