Arcus

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Arcus
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
80.4.33
Dimensions: 
Cube L: 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1977-1980
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass, Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast, cut with diamond saw, polished. Cube cut in complex, multifaceted shape, each facet being square, triangular or a combination of square(s) and triangle(s); sides of squares are one-third length of cube, and sides of triangles are either sides of squares or diagonals of same. Signed with diamond point: "Steuben" (cursive).

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cast, cut with diamond saw, polished
casting

Publications (3)

The Crystal Arts Fire (1985) p. 3;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 23 (1981) illustrated, p. 101, #39; BIB# AI98083
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 87, #87; BIB# 21161