Covered bowl

1902–4

Not on view

Riemerschmid was a leading member of the “functionalist” wing of the Munich Jugendstil movement. This punch bowl, one of his earliest designs, is an important example of abstract design in applied arts in Munich around the turn of the twentieth century, eight years before Kandinsky, also in Munich, moved from representational to abstract art.

Artwork Details

Title: Covered bowl
Artist: Richard Riemerschmid (German, Munich 1868–1957 Munich)
Date: 1902–4
Medium: Stoneware
Dimensions: 11 15/16 × 10 7/16 in., 7.8 lb. (30.4 × 26.5 cm, 3.6 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2010
Object Number: 2010.363.1a, b
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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