Venini vase
Furniture & Tableware
Identifier:
2006.002.001
Description
Small beautiful things gave Nelly Sachs comfort and inspiration in her work. Sachs was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and lived there until fleeing Nazi persecution on the last passenger flight out in 1940. Sweden and a Stockholm apartment furnished with books and trinkets became her new home. This Venini vase was given to artist Lenke Rothman by Nelly Sachs sometime between 1951 and 1957. Lenke Rothman later donated the vase to the Nobel Prize Museum.
Related person
Nelly Sachs (Laureate in Literature; 1966)
