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Source Description
Since the early years of the 20th century, the Rose Iron Works, a Cleveland supplier of architectural ornament, has produced distinguished metalwork. The company’s founder, Martin Rose, was born in Austria-Hungary and studied ornamental metalsmithing in Vienna prior to immigrating to Cleveland in 1902. In the 1920s, he hired a talented young Parisian designer, Paul Fehér, to work for the firm. Fehér’s designs, culminating in this massive screen, brought a modern European sensibility to the Rose Iron Works production. With its geometric patterning, highly stylized and abstracted natural forms, and the central figure reminiscent of the celebrated jazz singer Josephine Baker, this screen reflects the classic motifs of Art Deco design.
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173164
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Muse with Violin Screen
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173164
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object
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Muse with Violin Screen
description
Since the early years of the 20th century, the Rose Iron Works, a Cleveland supplier of architectural ornament, has produced distinguished metalwork. The company’s founder, Martin Rose, was born in Austria-Hungary and studied ornamental metalsmithing in Vienna prior to immigrating to Cleveland in 1902. In the 1920s, he hired a talented young Parisian designer, Paul Fehér, to work for the firm. Fehér’s designs, culminating in this massive screen, brought a modern European sensibility to the Rose Iron Works production. With its geometric patterning, highly stylized and abstracted natural forms, and the central figure reminiscent of the celebrated jazz singer Josephine Baker, this screen reflects the classic motifs of Art Deco design.
date
1930
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q117230229
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10465
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 156.2 x 156.2 cm (61 1/2 x 61 1/2 in.)
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America, Ohio, Cleveland
accession
2020.216
Source extras
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Steel, brass; silver and gold plating, cotton velveteen
tombstone
Muse with Violin Screen, 1930. Paul Fehér (American, born Hungary, 1898–1990), Rose Iron Works (America, Ohio, Cleveland, est. 1904). Steel, brass; silver and gold plating, cotton velveteen; overall: 156.2 x 156.2 cm (61 1/2 x 61 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2020.216
collection
Furniture
formerAccessionNumbers
352.1996
citations
citation
"The New Industrial Arts of the World," <em>Arts and Decoration 34 </em>(January 1931).
page_number
Reproduced P. 58
citation
Duncan, Alistair. <em>American Art Deco</em> (New York: Abrams, 1986).
page_number
Mentioned, P. 99; reproduced, P. 96
citation
Claire, Jean, ed. <em>The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis, </em>exh. cat. (Montreal, Canada: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1991).
page_number
Mentioned P. 202, 532; reproduced P. 200
citation
Robinson, William H., David Steinberg, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by Ohio University Press, 1996.
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Reproduced: p. 162; Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 173, fig. 181; Mentioned: p. 249, no. 152
citation
Robinson, William H., Kathleen McKeever, "And All That Jazz", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 05, May 2004
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Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
citation
Channing, Laurence, "Before Neo: The May Show", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005
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Mentioned & reproduced: p. 5
citation
Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, and Emily Marshall Orr<em>. The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017.
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Reproduced: cover, p. 173, fig. 216, mentioned, cat. 316, p. 359
citation
"Exhibitions 2017." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 57, no. 1 (January/February 2017): 10-11.
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Reproduced: p. 11
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Fensom, Sarah E. "All that Jazz." <em>Art & Antiques</em> (Apr 2017): 80-87.
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Reproduced: p. 86
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Duncan, Alastair. <em>Art Deco Sculpture.</em> New York, New York: Thames and Hudson, 2016.
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Reproduced: P. 174
citation
Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97, no. 7; mentioned: P. 93
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"Discovery through Design." <em>American Fine Art Magazine </em>65 (Sept/Oct 2022): 72-73.
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Reproduced: P. 73
citation
“Rose Iron Works: From Art Nouveau to Art Deco." <em>The Art Newspaper</em> 33, n. 274 (2025): 86-87.
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Mentioned: p. 87; Reproduced: p. 86.
citation
"Art Deco's 100th Anniversary." <em>Incollect Magazine </em>3, i. 4 (Jan/Mar 2025): 90-97.
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Mentioned: p. 95; Reproduced: p. 2, 90, 95
citation
Da Wit, Ada. "Rose Iron Works: The Cleveland Company's Journey from Art Nouveau to Art Deco.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 65, no. 2 (2025): 6-7.
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Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 6-7
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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Dr. Robert B. Benyo Trust Gallery
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2026-06-18 21:18:30.207000
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173164
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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Steel, brass; silver and gold plating, cotton velveteen
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male
May Show
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