Bottle Cooler (seau a bouteille)
Medium
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
15.7 × 21.6 × 19.1 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1947.60.2
Tags
gender unknown
About the Artist
Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...