Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mask

1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mask of stoneware, modelled, and with red and green glazes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, modelled, glazed and incised
Brief description
Mask of stoneware, modelled, with red and green glaze, made by Hertha Hillfon, Stockholm, 1962.
Physical description
Mask of stoneware, modelled, and with red and green glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19..4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'H. HILLFON 1962' (Painted in black)
Gallery label
Mask Made by Hertha Hillfon, Stockholm, Sweden 1962 Marks: 'H.Hillfon 1962', painted Stoneware, handbuilt and incised C.181-1988 Hertha Hillfon was awarded the Lunning Prize in 1962(16/07/2008)
Object history
Hertha Hillfon was awarded the Lunning Prize in 1962.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 119 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.181-1988

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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