Untitled
On View In:
Gallery 240
Artist:   Ann Wolff  
Title:   Untitled  
Date:   c. 1986  
Medium:   Hand blown glass with sandblasting and acid etching  
Dimensions:   6 1/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in. (15.56 x 20.48 x 20.48 cm)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser  
Location:   Gallery 240  

Swedish/German artist Ann Wolff entered the glass industry in the 1960s as a designer of decorative household objects. In the 1970s, Wolff established a studio on the grounds of her home in Transjö, Sweden; she now has studios in Kyllaj and Visby, Sweden. In the following decades, her work has emphasized, almost exclusively, all aspects of womanhood. As such, her pieces move beyond the mere materiality of glass to provoke intelligent interaction. While her pieces contain elements of narration, they often leave much of the meaning open to be interpreted by the viewer. In this untitled piece, Wolff portrays what could be understood as a narrative scene, including two women with a rabbit, without explicitly assigning meaning. Thus, this acid-etched scene displays the artist's subliminally psychological explorations that are open to interpretation from a woman's point of view.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Wolff, Ann  
Nationality:   German  
Life Dates:   German, born 1937  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature and Inscription on bottom, incised: [3.3] on bottom, incised: [Anne Warff WILKE]  
Classification:   Glass (Do Not Use)  
Physical Description:   deep bowl with rounded bottom; wide rim; clear glass with yellows, orange, blue and white; etched design of two women, with standing woman holding a rabbit; large white and blue rabbit's head; abstract colored patterns  
Creation Place:   Europe, Germany, , ,  
Accession #:   2012.112.30  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts