Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Wolves in the Snow Vase

Manufacturer Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (French, 1885-1953)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1926

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Base: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

InscribedImpressed lower side: "G.ARGY-ROUSSEAU" and on the base: "FRANCE".

Credit LineGift of Jean Foy French

Object number71.6353

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionVase of pate de verre glass. Slightly barrel shaped with a narrow rim. Bottom third is white simulating rippled snow. With four blue/black wolves in stocking position around the middle background for this pale "cold" purple/blue and top one-eighth a repeat of snow.

Label TextGabriel Argy-Rousseau French, 1885—1953 Wolves in the Snow Vase, ca. 1926 Pâte de verre Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6353 Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. "Man's Best Friends," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, August 27 - October 19, 2013.Published ReferencesJ. Block-Dermant, _G. Argy-Rousseau_, Cat. Raisonne 26.02, pg. 66, 68, 79, 208. Lesieutre, _Art Deco_, pl. 9, ill. Paul Hollister, "Pate de Verre: The French Connection," _American Craft_, 48:4 (Aug/Sept. 1988), 40-47, ill. pl. 41. Grover, _European Art Glass Book_, ill., similar vase. Susanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 21, fig. 25.