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Object Timeline

1920	Work on this object began.
1993	We acquired this object.
1999	Work on this object ended.
2013	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Drawing, Container with gold detail

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alfons Bach. It is dated 20th century and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is brush and gouache, chalk on black paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alfons Bach. It is credited Gift of Alfons Bach.

A glossy black enamel vanity case in a rectangular form with rounded corners and a horizontal orientation adorned by rose-cut diamonds set in platinum and placed back to front on the shallow lid near both sides creating a symmetrical composition. The diamonds continue over the lid down the front where a substantial sized round diamond in a collet setting is centered on the deep case. The object could fit into the palm of your hand. The photograph captures the cigarette case at an angle where the top, front and right sides are viewable as is a reflection against a white ground.

Vanity Case, ca. 1928
enamel, diamonds, gold, platinum, mirrored plate glass.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.43

Its dimensions are

30.2 x 44.7 cm (11 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Container with gold detail; Designed by Alfons Bach (American, b. Germany, 1904–1999); USA; brush and gouache, chalk on black paper; 30.2 x 44.7 cm (11 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.); Gift of Alfons Bach; 1993-108-378

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DxQe/
Accession Number 1993-108-378
Object ID 18642721