Aarne Shot Glasses
1948 · Turn mold-blown glass
Each: 2 15/16 x 2" (7.5 x 5.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Göran Hongell
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Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947–1948
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Göran Hongell was a Finnish designer and craftsman who synthesized modernist principles with Scandinavian craft traditions through furniture and decorative objects in wood and metal. His work centered on functional form and material integrity, balancing industrial clarity with handcraft sensibility. Active in the postwar period, Hongell developed a refined aesthetic that avoided ornament in favor of structural logic and the inherent qualities of his materials.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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