A work made of glass with enamel decoration.

Vase

Museum collection

Museum work by Adolph von Heyden

Art Institute of Chicago

Thread 35728

Wealth & AbundanceCurator’s pick

Where the original lives

Art Institute of Chicago

The original is held by the Art Institute of Chicago and is not for sale. This piece is shown for reference — no edition of it is offered.

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Curator’s note

Adolph von Heyden (c. 1900) from Silesia. Held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and released into the public domain, offered here as a museum-quality edition within the wealth thread.

Details

Artist: Fritz Heckert Glass Refinery and Glassworks
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Glass with enamel decoration
Dimensions: 15.6 × 16.2 cm · 6.1 × 6.4 in
Origin: Silesia
Collection: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fell

Placing a wealth & abundance work

Abundance in art is rarely literal. It reads as fullness — a bowl that overflows, a field at harvest, gold leaf catching a low sun, water moving rather than still. These are works chosen for rooms where you want the eye to rest on generosity: a dining table, an entrance, the wall behind a desk where decisions about growth get made.

Direction: North — the quarter associated with flow and increase
Rooms: Entrance halls · Dining rooms · Home offices · Reception areas

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Provenance & rights

Source collection: Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fell. Public domain (CC0). Shown here for reference, with full attribution to the artist and holding institution. No edition of this work is offered.