"Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus"
2003-06-11 until 2004-01-04
Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art
Tacoma, WA, USA United States of America

The exhibition, Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus, includes almost 200 examples of early twentieth-century glass from Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic set against the background of changing political circumstances. The Torsten Bröhan Collection, one of the most important collections of early modern glass in the world, was recently acquired by the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid and this is its first ever U.S. tour, after which it will return to Spain. A fully illustrated calalogue will accompany the exhibition.

Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus, The Torsten Bröhan Collection from the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, España is presented under the patronage of His Excellency Javier Rupérez, ambassador of Spain to the United States. Organized by Exhibitions International, New York. Sponsored by AFINSA. Tacoma sponsorship provided by Frank Russell Company, The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation, and Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.

IMAGE
Michael Powolny
Vase, 1918
Glass, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Produced by Lötz Witwe, (Klostermühle), Klásters‡ Ml‡n, Czech
Republic Retailed by J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna, Austria

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