Salt (one of a pair)
Ilonka Karasz
1928
- Medium
- Nickel-plated copper alloy
- Dimensions
- 4.5 × 7.3 cm (1 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- saltcellar
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Cubismmetalworkamerican artsModernismdiningArt Decosaltcellaramerican decorative artsDrinkingdecorative artscopper alloynickelplating (metal coating)
About
One of few women working in the Art Deco style in America, Ilonka Karasz favored simple geometric forms such as these cone-shaped salts, which emphasize the object’s function rather than its decoration. Karasz was born in Hungary and in 1913 immigrated to New York City, where she found success as a designer of ceramics, furniture, metalwork, textiles, and wallpaper.