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Figure of a Couple Sitting on a Bench

c. 1920–28
designed by

Kitty Rix

(Austrian, 1901–1951)
maker

Wiener Werkstätte

(Austria, Vienna, 1903–32)
Culture
Austria, Vienna
Medium
glazed ceramic
Measurements
Overall: 12.7 x 13.3 cm (5 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Educational Purchase Fund 1929.690
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Austrian designers Walter Bosse and Kitty Rix feature colorful, bright forms in their ceramic figures that conjure whimsy and invite imagined stories. Their exaggerated features—such as oversize eyes, ears, and whiskers as well as elongated necks or shortened limbs—use caricature to emphasize elements of form, engaging the viewer through humor and charm. Throughout their careers, Bosse and Rix produced modernist designs for the two leading artist workshops—the Wiener Werkstätte and the Austrian Werkbund.

Figure of a Couple Sitting on a Bench

c. 1920–28

Kitty Rix, Wiener Werkstätte

(Austrian, 1901–1951), (Austria, Vienna, 1903–32)
Austria, Vienna

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