Urn, c. 1903
Sheet copperexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.3
On View in Gallery 378expand_more
Imagine this urn full of natural grasses, ferns, and other native Midwestern plants, prominently displayed in a home. Frank Lloyd Wright often celebrated local plants by bringing them inside, literally grounding a house to its site and blurring the border between indoors and outdoors. Created from molded and hand-hammered copper panels joined together, this spherical urn repeats the simple geometric forms in its circle-in-square decoration. The painterly cherry-red patina, or surface treatment, softens the strong form and would have complemented the natural colors of the plants
Details
- Title
- Urn
- Artist Life
- 1867–1959
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 98.276.3
- Curator Approved
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