VesselsDanish20th century

Bowl

1950s

Artists

Aage WeimarArtist

Description

The underside of the bowl is stamped: "PURE SILVER AAGE WEIMAR DENMARK." The name Aage is stylized with overlapping capital "A"s in a modernist style. A shallow silver bowl marked by seemingly random silver "drippings" and an overall rough surface.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Silver

Culture

Danish

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

3.8 x 19.4 cm (1 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

David Berg, Bequest, 1999.

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