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The Gocar clock

 
 author:    Josef Gocar (1880–1945)  
 date:    1913  
 material:    brass  
 technique:    soldered  
 dimensions:    W 9 1/2" D 5 1/2" H 11 1/3"  
 W 24 cm  D 14 cm  H 29 cm  

Gocar was frequently commissioned to design interiors for his peers from the arts – actors, sculptors and painters – as well as the occasional, more open-minded industrialist. This monumental clock – designed for actor Otto Boleska's private sitting room – is a masterpiece of early Czech Cubism. With its dramatic angles and slicing planes, it is a stunning symbol of the whole Czech Cubist movement.


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