The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Family Group

c. 1920s

Kitty Rix

(Austrian, 1901–1951)
modeled by

Wiener Werkstätte

(Austria, Vienna, 1903–32)
Austria
hand-modeled ceramic, glazed
Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Educational Purchase Fund 1930.409
Location: Not on view

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.
  • 1930
    (Kuster, Perry & Co., Munich, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1930-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.409