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OTTO ECKMANN (1865-1902) 'Waterlily' Twin-Handled Vase
circa 1900
for Otto Schulz, glazed stoneware with bronze mounts, incised '1959D H E', and stamped artist's cypher in the bronze 'OE'
height 19 3/4in (50.5cm); width 11in (28cm); depth 6 1/4in (16cm)
circa 1900
for Otto Schulz, glazed stoneware with bronze mounts, incised '1959D H E', and stamped artist's cypher in the bronze 'OE'
height 19 3/4in (50.5cm); width 11in (28cm); depth 6 1/4in (16cm)
Sold for US$7,040 inc. premium
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OTTO ECKMANN (1865-1902)
circa 1900
for Otto Schulz, glazed stoneware with bronze mounts, incised '1959D H E', and stamped artist's cypher in the bronze 'OE'
height 19 3/4in (50.5cm); width 11in (28cm); depth 6 1/4in (16cm)
Footnotes
Otto Eckmann, a painter, printmaker, and decorative arts designer, emerged as a prominent representative of the Munich branch of Jugendstil. His artistic direction shifted after encountering a collection of Japanese woodblock prints, which strongly influenced his turn toward applied design. By 1895 he was producing Japonist-inspired graphics, later extending this aesthetic to embroidery, textiles, illustration, typography, metalwork, and ceramics. Across these media, Eckmann consistently advanced the principle that stylized forms drawn from nature should replace historicist traditions in design.
Born in Hamburg, Eckmann studied at the Kunstgewerbeschulen in Hamburg and Nuremberg, and later at the Munich Academy. He became the first Jugendstil artist commissioned by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt, for whom he created designs for the study in the Neues Palais on Wilhelminenplatz. In addition to his decorative work, Eckmann contributed extensively as an illustrator to Jugendstil journals and books, and later served as professor of applied arts at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin.
A similar vase is in the permanent collection of Musée d'Orsay (OAO 539).
Literature
Siegfried Wichmann, 'Art Nouveau Floral Functional', Munich-Herrsching, 1984, p. 97, fig. 200

