A MONUMENTAL GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE

DESIGNED BY DAGOBERT PECHE FOR THE SCHLEISS FAMILY, MADE FOR THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE BY THE VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK, CIRCA 1919

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A MONUMENTAL GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE
DESIGNED BY DAGOBERT PECHE FOR THE SCHLEISS FAMILY, MADE FOR THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE BY THE VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK, CIRCA 1919
55 1/8in. (140cm.) high, 19¼in. (49cm.) wide, 19¼in. (49cm.) deep

Provenance

The Schleiss family, Vienna, owners of Vereinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik.

Literature

Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte, Peter Noever, ed., Neue Galerie exhibition catalogue, New York, 2002, Cat. No. 182, illustrated p. 333.

Exhibited

New York, New York, Neue Galerie, Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte, October 11, 2002 - February 10, 2003, Cat. No. 182.

Lot Essay

MAK archive Inv. No. 12677/1 and 12677/18 (the design).
Peche produced a prodigious number of ceramic designs for the Wiener Werkstätte from 1913 onwards. In the course of his work he become close to the Schleiss family, owners of the Veireinigte Wiener und Gmundner Keramik, which was then responsible for executing all ceramics on behalf of the Wiener Werkstätte. The vase was designed especially for Herr Schleiss, and was never repeated.
This piece remained in the Schleiss family until the 1990s.

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