Design for a Container with Stem

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

This abstract image shows a large goblet-like shape centered on a grid-patterned background. The shape is split in half by a vertical line. The left side is light green and the right side is slightly darker with curving lines, creating a mirror effect. The outer border is a deep black rectangle framing the central image. Organic lines within the colored areas suggest wood grain texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with black and green ink on blue-lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18 x 15 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.31

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, 1974:215.

Wikidata ID

Q64591080

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