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Plant stand

Designer Otto Prutscher Austrian
Manufacturer Beissbarth & Hoffmann German
1903
Not on view
Otto Prutscher was a prominent member of the Wiener Werkstätte and studied under Josef Hoffmann. This plant stand’s towerlike design is a masterful example of the modernist perception of beauty as a direct expression of rational, clear structure. The black-and-white checkerboard is echoed in the alternating tiers of square cachepots. The motif is similar to one employed at the time in Glasgow by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whose work was well-known and admired in Vienna.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plant stand
  • Designer: Otto Prutscher (Austrian, Vienna 1880–1949 Vienna)
  • Manufacturer: Beissbarth & Hoffmann (Mannheim-Rheinau, Germany)
  • Date: 1903
  • Medium: Wood, metal, paint
  • Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 16 in. (92.7 x 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993
  • Object Number: 1993.303a-f
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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