"Sintrax" Coffeepot
Marcks, one of the first masters appointed to be artistic director of the ceramics workshop at the Bauhaus (1919–25), and Wagenfeld, a student at the Bauhaus (1923–25), collaborated on this coffeepot, which promotes the Bauhaus philosophy of rational design for industry using the principles of functional efficiency and geometrical form.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Sintrax" Coffeepot
- Designer: Gerhard Marcks (German, Berlin 1889–1981 Burgbrohl)
- Designer: Wilhelm Wagenfeld (German, Bremen 1900–1990 Stuttgart)
- Manufacturer: Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., Jena
- Date: ca. 1934
- Medium: Glass, rubber, wood, and metal
- Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 5 in., 1.4 lb. (24.1 × 21 × 12.7 cm, 0.6 kg)
a - bottom component: 4 1/8 × 5 in., 0.5 lb. (10.5 × 12.7 cm, 0.2 kg)
b - top component: 8 3/8 × 4 7/8 in., 0.6 lb. (21.3 × 12.4 cm, 0.3 kg)
c - lid: 1 × 4 7/8 in., 0.2 lb. (2.5 × 12.4 cm, 0.1 kg)
d - handle: 6 3/4 × 7/8 × 1 3/8 in., 0.1 lb. (17.1 × 2.2 × 3.5 cm, 0.1 kg) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.412.17a–d
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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