Favrile "Lava" Vase
Manufacturer
Tiffany Furnaces
(American, 1902 - 1920)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1916
MediumBlown glass
Dimensions4 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/8 in. (10.8 × 14.6 × 13.7 cm)
Inscribed“6492M L. C. Tiffany Inc.-Favrile-Exhibition Piece,” around pontil on underside
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6198
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7, Case 42
Exhibition HistoryTo be loaned to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond for Art Nouveau Exhibition 11/22/71 to 12/26/71. Displayed on WAVY-TV show, 2/10/72. Illustrated on WHR-TV show advertising Norfolk, 4/72. Exhibitions International Tour: "Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, October 13, 2005 - January 4, 2006; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, February 2 - April 30, 2006; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, May 30 - September 30, 2006; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, October 14, 2006 - January 14, 2007. "The Natural Beauty of Tiffany: Selections from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 18 - December 30, 2012. Published ReferencesRay & Lee Grover, ART GLASS NOUVEAU, ill. color front plate. Chrysler Museum TIFFANY CATALOGUE, #69. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, VOL. I, #3, May, 1972. Catalogue, ART NOUVEAU A LOAN EXHIBITION AT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM ON DISPLAY, Nov. 22-Dec. 26, 1971, #166, pg. 31. Diane C. Wright, _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 138-139.
