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Salt cellar by Henry van de Velde

Salt cellar

Henry van de Velde · 1902

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DETAILS
Artist
Henry van de Velde
Date
1902
Medium
Metal
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Salt cellar: 1 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm)
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2017
ART MOVEMENTS
DivisionismJugendstilModernism
THE ARTIST

Henry van de Velde

1863–1957 · Belgium

Belgian visionary who designed the Paris gallery that gave Art Nouveau its name and paved the way for the Bauhaus.

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