Two Pots with Floral Designs

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

This is a drawing of two vases with blossoming branches on graph paper. The left vase is rounded and the right one is cylindrical. Each vase contains stylized branches with simplistic blossoms, outlined softly. The blossoms are painted with a pale color contrasting with the light blue background of the vases. A smaller sketch is positioned between the two vases. The drawing seems to explore the balance and composition of floral motifs on decorative objects.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with green and aqua watercolor on blue-lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.1 x 29.8 cm (8 5/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Würthle, Vienna); acquired 1971 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:213.

Inscriptions

center monogram in graphite: lower right monogram in blue ink

Wikidata ID

Q64591066

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