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Salt (one of a pair)

A work made of nickel-plated copper alloy.

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  • A work made of nickel-plated copper alloy.

Date:

c. 1928

Artist:

Ilonka Karasz (American, born Hungary, 1896–1981)
New York

About this artwork

One of few women working in the Art Deco style in America, Ilonka Karasz favored simple geometric forms such as these cone-shaped salts, which emphasize the object’s function rather than its decoration. Karasz was born in Hungary and in 1913 immigrated to New York City, where she found success as a designer of ceramics, furniture, metalwork, textiles, and wallpaper.

Status

On View, Gallery 271

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Ilonka Karasz

Title

Salt (one of a pair)

Place

New York City (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1928

Medium

Nickel-plated copper alloy

Dimensions

4.5 × 7.3 cm (1 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Ann P.K. Frankenthal, the Garden Club of Barrington, and the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Associates of the Woman's Board of the Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1984.236

Extended information about this artwork

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