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Pickle or cucumber jar

Sculpture
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glass form.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Pickle or cucumber jar (generic title)
  • Kurkkupurkki (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Glass
Brief description
Glass sculpture, Oiva Toikka, for Nuutajärvi glassworks, Finland, 1963-1969
Physical description
Glass form.
Dimensions
  • Height: 49.0cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi/Notsjö ' (Signature incised)
Gallery label
Toikka's pickle jars were his first unique works in glass, shown in his first exhibition in the company's new showrooms in Helsinki in 1963.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.462-1969

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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