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Model for an interior element: stylized female figure with birds

Model for an interior element: stylized female figure with birds
Name: 
ELEMENT
Model for an interior element: stylized female figure with birds
circa 1920
Country: 
Netherlands Amsterdam
Accession: 
87.672.7.3.3
Hildo (Hildebrand Lucien) Krop Designer ESKAF (Eerste Steenwijker Kunst-Aardewerkfabriek) Manufacturer, attributed
Collection: 
Object
Interior Design
Modernism
Subject: 
Interior Decoration , Animals , Figurative , Architecture/Architectural Design , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
Inches 23-1/2 4-1/2 7-1/4, Centimeters 59.7 11.4 18.4
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
87.672.7.3.3.JPG
Tags: 
Architecture~Interior Design~Modernism
Multi-colored gloss glazed ceramic block; rectangular-shaped with recessed caryatid female figure at top holding a pair of yellow glazed spheres with pair of birds above. Base is adorned with zig-zag motif. Block was designed to be built into a wall, a prototype which was never realized.
Model for an interior element: stylized female figure with birds
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  • Title :     Model for an interior element: stylized female figure with birds
  • Artist:     Hildo (Hildebrand Lucien) Krop Designer ESKAF (Eerste Steenwijker Kunst-Aardewerkfabriek) Manufacturer, attributed
  • Accession:     87.672.7.3.3
  • Country:     Netherlands Amsterdam
  • Date:     circa 1920
  • Dimensions:     Inches 23-1/2 4-1/2 7-1/4, Centimeters 59.7 11.4 18.4
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Interior Design
  • Collection Theme:     Modernism
  • Subject:     Interior Decoration , Animals , Figurative , Architecture/Architectural Design , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     87.672.7.3.3.JPG
  • Tags:     Architecture~Interior Design~Modernism
Description:
Multi-colored gloss glazed ceramic block; rectangular-shaped with recessed caryatid female figure at top holding a pair of yellow glazed spheres with pair of birds above. Base is adorned with zig-zag motif. Block was designed to be built into a wall, a prototype which was never realized.
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