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[Glassware with Blown Glass Animals]
[Glassware with Blown Glass Animals]

[Glassware with Blown Glass Animals]

Artist Ludwig Belitzki (German, 1830 - 1902)
Date1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/16 inches (20.96 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 18 3/16 × 13 5/8 inches (46.2 × 34.61 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2026.39.4
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, white label with black type: “6.” On image recto, bottom, blind stamp: “COLLECTION / MINUTOLI / LIEGNITZ”
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: “6,0”; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “14943”; On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “020202”
On View
Not on view
DescriptionImage of five ornate glass vessels. Along the top row are three pieces which include two covered vessels topped with figures that resemble a bird and a deer. Along the bottom row are two horizontal glass objects shaped like sea creatures.Provenance

Alexander von Minutoli (1806–1887);

Collection of Marc and Brigitte Pagneux;

Their sale, Une histoire particulière de la photographie Collection de Monsieur et Madame X, Pierre Bergé & Associates, Paris, France, March 19, 2015, as part of lot 129;

With Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA [1], by 2024;

Purchased from Vintage Works, Ltd., by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2026.

NOTES:

[1] This work was offered for sale at Collection Alex Novak: La passion du regard, Millon, Paris, France, November 8, 2024, lot 81, as Verrerie, animaux en verre soufflé, but did not sell.

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