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Cigarette holder from Bad Ischl
Austrian
1950's
Medium/Technique
Plastic and pigment
Dimensions
Length x width: 9 x 1 cm (3 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Karen Sethur Rotenberg in memory of Sylvia Sethur
Accession Number2012.547
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
DescriptionThe amber-colored plastic stem of this cocktail length cigarette holder is overlaid with a plastic slightly tapered cylinder that contains a spring that can be pushed down over part of the stem. The white plastic is painted mostly in black leaving a white oval painted in brown with a drawing of a town on a lake. Also decorating the black are seven stylized flowers that have been carved into the medium and filled with colored paint. At the bottom is painted "Bad Ischl."
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceBetween 1960 and 1995, purchased by Sylvia Sethur on one of various trips to Europe; 2011, by descent to Karen Rotenberg, Boston; 2012, gift of Rotenberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 26, 2012)