Bowl

Designer: Ludwig Vierthaler

1906

Copper and mother-of-pearl

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A round copper bowl with hammered texture and decorative elements, including a mother-of-pearl inlay at the center. Today, Vierthaler is best known for the extraordinary colorations found in his copperware which create an atmospheric backdrop for surface elements based on underwater plant and sealife forms. In this aquatic scene, a crab-like creature occupies one side while the arms of another curl around the opposite edge, leaving the center free for the artist's famous painterly effects. Winhardt & Co.'s patinations were sold under the registered trademark EOSIN, but it was Vierthaler who created them. Gallery G379 The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota