Author: Donald Albrecht

Publisher/Date: Museum of the City of New York/Harry Abrams (2003)

Format/Condition: Oversized softcover, 10” X 12”, 96 pages, Profusely illustrated in b/w, NEW, near fine condition, Remainder mark on text block

Description: This is a catalogue published to accompany an exhibition exploring a remarkable chapter in the history of both America’s premier glass-making company and the Modern movement itself. Marking the centenary of Steuben and featuring 80-100 glass masterpieces from important American and European museums and private collections, the exhibition focuses in particular upon the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

The catalogue captures the look and feel of this era at Steuben and in New York City life by bringing together vintage photographs and ephemera of the age such as books, invitations, press clippings, ad campaigns and other printed matter, all from Steuben’s own extensive archive. The glass artifacts featured range from limited edition to one-of-a-kind master works, to decorative objects to tableware and such items as cigarette urns and ashtrays, decanters and candlestick holders.

Key selections from the 1940 exhibition “Twenty-seven Artists in Crystal”, which featured work from such renowned artists as Henri Matisse, Isamu Noguchi, Georgia O’Keeffe, Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Thomas Hart Benton, Giorgio de Chirico and Raoul Dufy, also includes Sidney Waugh’s famous Gazelle Bowl and George Thompson’s Galapagos Bowl.