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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.
"Farniente" Vase
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

"Farniente" Vase

Manufacturer Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (French, 1885-1953)
Dateca. 1927
MediumPâte de verre
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6344
Terms
  • Gray
  • Black
  • White
  • Art Moderne
  • Paris, France
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DescriptionOval cylinder vase with a .75" slightly flaring rim. Pate de verre translucent milky gray glass with an Art Moderne design of black diamonds. On the two large sides is a rectangle (like a picture) bordered in black with a carved white nude in each.

Label TextGabriel Argy-Rousseau French (1885-1953) "Farniente" Vase, ca. 1927 Pâte de verre Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6344
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1927
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1925
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1921
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1923
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1923
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1927
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1926
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1931
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
ca. 1923