Batman

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Batman
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
possibly United States, WA, Seattle
possibly Italy, Murano
Accession Number: 
2021.4.56
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 37 cm, W: 23.4 cm, D: 8.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1998
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barbara and Dennis DuBois
Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Batman". Grayish-blue and yellow glass; blown, cold-worked. U-shaped vessel with one end pulled into a tail form and one end pulled into a spout form; very small opening in top. Exterior wall cut with uniformly-spaced lines that bisect layers of lighter blue circles set in bands of grayish-blue glass, revealing a deep layer of yellow beneath.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
DuBois, Barbara, Source
1998-10-22
to
2021-12-13
DuBois, Dennis, Source
1998-10-22
to
2021-12-13
Heller Gallery, Former Collection
1998-10-22
Color: 
grayish blue
yellow
Technique: 
glassblowing
cold-working
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Lino Tagliapietra / 1998 / ©
signature
: 
Engraved on base
Copyright: 
© Lino Tagliapietra

Exhibitions (2)

Pioneers of Contemporary Glass, Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis DuBois Collection
Venue(s)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2009-03-07 through 2009-07-26
Lino Tagliapietra: Grande Maestro of Murano Glass
Venue(s)
Heller Gallery 1998-10-17