Marcel Wanders
Sponge Vase Prototype

Sponge Vase Prototype

© 1997 Marcel Wanders

Sponge Vase Prototype
Sponge Vase Prototype
DesignerDutch, born 1963
DesignerDutch, established 1993
CommissionerGerman, established 1879
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Sponge Vase Prototype
Date1997
PlaceSelb, Germany
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 4 1/4in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 10.8cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John and Jean Geresi
Object number2001.263
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe designer; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"What's New: Recent Accessions in Modern and Contemporary Design," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 24–May 27, 2002.

"Prototype/Production," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2016–April 30, 2017.
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