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Goblet with Theodor Herzl

Artist Anonymous

CultureBohemian

Date1901

MediumBlown, cut, acid-etched, and engraved glass

Dimensions7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

InscribedEngraved in Hebrew with the words “If you want it, it is not a legend”.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2021.5.1

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 7

DescriptionThis is an amber-yellow goblet overlaid on colorless flint glass with a vignette depicting Theodor Herzl on a balcony, looking at the Tower of David in Jerusalem in the distance, with a line of immigrants below.
ProvenanceSotheby’s Tel Aviv to a New York Private Collector to Sotheby’s New York to CMA.