Adam and Eve

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Adam and Eve
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2015.4.7
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1939
Primary Description: 
"Adam and Eve" Vase from the "Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists" Series. Colorless lead glass, blown, applied decoration, engraved. Tall, tapering cylindrical vase body with slightly flaring rim. Applied scroll-shaped stem and round flat foot. Engraved designs of a nude male figure (Adam) and a nude female figure (Eve) with foliate tree branches behind them that climb up the vases, Eve's branch slightly more elaborate than Adam's. Nude child with halo perched in highest tree branches above Eve.

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Department: 
Modern
Series: 
Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists
Provenance: 
KPM Arts & Antiques, Source
2014
to
2015-05-26
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
engraving
Material: 
lead glass
Copyright: 
© Steuben Glass

Exhibitions (1)

Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists in Crystal
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1940-01-10 through 1940-02-12

Publications (8)

Acquisitions (2016) illustrated, p. 38 #24; BIB# AI101418
Corning Museum Adds Major Works of Glass, Library Collections (2016) illustrated, p. 322 (#24, top right); BIB# AI102876
Acquisitions (2015) illustrated, p. 15 (bottom); BIB# AI101025
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (2003 edition) (2003) illustrated, p. 250; BIB# 75000
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) illustrated, p. 206, 2nd row, 3rd from left; BIB# 21935
The Collection of Designs in Glass by Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists (second edition) (1940-01-15) illustrated, p. 10; BIB# 61165
Adam and Eve illustrated BIB# 66419
Collection of Steuben 27 artists blueprints illustrated BIB# 149444

Objects in Set (2)

Adam and Eve
Artist:Gill, Arthur Eric Rowton
Date:1939
Accession Number:2015.4.7 A
Adam and Eve
Artist:Gill, Arthur Eric Rowton
Date:1939
Accession Number:2015.4.7 B