Bowl
1967 · Glass
2 x 14 1/2" (5.1 x 36.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Gunnar Cyrén
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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970–1971
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Gunnar Cyrén is a Swedish designer and glassmaker born in 1931 who became known for his modernist approach to functional glass and tableware during the postwar period. Working primarily in blown and cast glass, Cyrén developed a distinctive vocabulary of clean geometric forms and subtle surface treatments that balanced industrial production with craft sensibility. His work exemplifies the Swedish modernist commitment to democratic design, where rigorous formal restraint serves both aesthetic and practical purposes.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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