Vase
(c. 1902)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
61.5 × 29.0 × 29.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2023
© Frank Lloyd Wright Estate/ARS, New York. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This monumental vase was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his Susan L. Dana House, completed in 1904. The house remains one of Wright’s most intact expressions of his early Prairie style. The moulded geometric ornament around the corners of the vase was inspired by the native sumac plant, a motif which Wright employed throughout the house as a decorative scheme across the furnishings, windows and exterior frieze. Manufactured by the Gates Pottery, whose studio ceramics (known as Teco Pottery) were well known for their lustrous green glaze and botanically inspired forms, the collaboration between Wright and the Pottery perfectly complemented his Prairie School style.
Artwork Details
Inscription
mpressed (inverted) u.r.: T / e / c / o
impressed (vertically) c.l.: T / e / c / o
impressed (inverted) l.r.: T / e / c / o
Accession Number
2023.576
Department
International Decorative Arts