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Artist:
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Siegfried Wagner
Mogens Ballin Workshop
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Title:
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Tzedakah box for the Copenhagen Society for the Care of the Sick
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Date:
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1901
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Medium:
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Pewter
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Dimensions:
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4 5/8 x 2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in. (11.75 x 7.14 x 5.72 cm) (overall)
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Credit Line:
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The Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Endowment for Judaica
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Location:
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Gallery 362
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Approximately 60 of these boxes were commissioned by the Tiferes Jedidim or Society for the Care of the Sick. The box exhibits the influence of German Art Nouveau, also known as Jugendstil, reflecting the design aesthetic of its day, a relatively rare phenomenon in early 20th century Judaica.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Wagner, Siegfried
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Role:
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Designer
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Nationality:
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Danish
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Life Dates:
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Danish, 1874-1952
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Name:
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Mogens Ballin Workshop
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Nationality:
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Danish
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Life Dates:
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 1900-1914
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Mark on bottom of stopper, incised: [M B]
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Classification:
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Judaica
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Physical Description:
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Art Nouveau style, Danish inscription: "To the Society for the Care of the Sick"
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Creation Place:
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, Denmark, , ,
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Accession #:
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2006.67.2a,b
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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