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Lion
c. 1920–28
Wiener Werkstätte
Wiener Werkstätte (Austria, Vienna, 1903–32)
Decorative Art and Design
Lion, c. 1920–28. Wiener Werkstätte (Austria, Vienna, 1903–32). Glazed ceramic; overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1928.536 Austrian designers Walter Bosse and Kitty Rix feature colorful, bright forms in their ceramic figures that conjure whimsy and invite imagined stories. Their exaggerated features—such as oversize eyes, ears, and whiskers as well as elongated necks or shortened limbs—use caricature to emphasize elements of form, engaging the viewer through humor and charm. Throughout their careers, Bosse and Rix produced modernist designs for the two leading artist workshops—the Wiener Werkstätte and the Austrian Werkbund. Animals fascinated early modern designers interested in kinetic form and patterns of decoration.
- Maker/Artist
- Wiener Werkstätte
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- glazed ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Stamped "Made in Austria <139, K.R. (Kitty Rex)"
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1928.536
- Credit Line
- Educational Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Stories From Storage
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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