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Mare and Foal

Mare and Foal

c. 1925–29
(Austria, Vienna)
Austria, Vienna
cut sheet brass
Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Educational Purchase Fund 1930.75
Location: not on view

Description

In the early 1900s, bending and cutting sheet metal to produce dynamic shapes was one of the most common techniques used to teach natural form in design schools in Vienna. From this method evolved the commercial production of small polished or enameled figures of popular animals from the circus or farm—including giraffes, foxes, and dogs—exaggerated in their modernist forms.
  • 1930
    (Exhibition of Austrian Arts and Crafts, Vienna, Austria, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1930-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Mare and Foal|url=false|author=Karl Rotter-Reinhold Duschka Workshop|year=c. 1925–29|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.75