A DECORATED FAVRILE GLASS VASE*
Tiffany Studios, circa 1901
10¼in. (26cm.) high
engraved O4535 Louis C. Tiffany, painted museum accession number 210.57
Provenance
A.F. Sylvia, Jr. Antiques, Nantucket
Literature
Arthur Drexler and Greta Daniel, Introduction to Twentieth Century Design from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art New York, 1959, p. 24, pl. 3.
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany, Rebel in Glass, 1964, p. 171. The Design Collection: Selected Objects, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Arthur Drexler, ed., 1970.
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany's Art Glass, 1977, no. 101
Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, 2001, p. 310.
Exhibited
New York, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Art Nouveau: Art and Design at the Turn of the Century, June 8 - September 6, 1960.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
Lot Essay
This vase was acquired by the museum on August 27, 1957 with funds from the Phyllis B. Lambert Fund.