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Rhythm Vase
1929
Niels Tove Edward Hald
Niels Tove Edward Hald (Swedish, 1883–1980)
Decorative Art and Design
Rhythm Vase, 1929. Niels Tove Edward Hald (Swedish, 1883–1980), Orrefors Glasshouse (Swedish, est. 1898). Glass; overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.383 Also called Bollspelande flickor, or Ball-Playing Girls, this vase’s flattened figural motif was inspired by Matisse’s Dance. That Edward Hald was a former student of Matisse strengthens this association. Rhythm was one of Hald’s last designs in a decorative, expressionist style before producing vase engravings with more defined narratives. Niels Edward Hald considered this vase engraving to be one of his greatest artistic achievements in glass design.
- Maker/Artist
- Hald, Edward
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- glass
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: scratched on bottom: Orrefors-Hal-176, Th.L.n.1929.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1938.383
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Modern Glass and Textiles, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts in Detroit 1906 - 1976: The Movement, The Society, The School, Circa 1930, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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