About this artwork
Chicago craftsman Renard Koehnemann created custom-designed, handmade sterling silver chalices and patens for newly ordained priests. These opulent examples, however, were produced for the artist himself, who believed that each piece should represent a contemporary aesthetic. A student of Daniel Pederson of Chicago’s Kalo workshop—the city’s premier source for handwrought silver wares in the first half of the 20th century—Koehnemann achieved elegant expressions of modernity through simple forms and the use of contrasting colored materials.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Renard Koehnemann
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Title
- Chalice (one of a group)
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Origin
- Chicago
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Date
- c. 1955–1960
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Medium
- Silver, gold plating, and red enamel
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Inscriptions
- Marked on bottom: HAND WROUGHT / STERLING / RAK Pierced around stem: LOVE ONE ANOTHER (next to Sacred Heart symbol)
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Dimensions
- 16.5 × 10.5 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Walter Placko in memory of Renard Koehnemann
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Reference Number
- 2001.2.1
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