California Sphere

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
California Sphere
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
78.4.12
Dimensions: 
L(overall): 20.7 cm, D(main sphere): 13.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1977
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, assembled cold, mirrored, sand-blasted. Sphere of thick glass, mirrored on the interior, both interior and exterior sand-blasted in a pattern which leaves clear circles in rows, applied two-part "neck" at one side, signed "Michael J./Aschenbrenner/1977".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Aschenbrenner, Michael (American, b. 1949), Source
1978-04-25
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, assembled cold, mirrored, sand-blasted
Copyright: 
© Michael Aschenbrenner

Exhibitions (2)

Title Unknown (Coffman Union Art Gallery)
Venue(s)
Coffman Union Art Gallery
Title Unknown (University of Minneapolis)
Venue(s)
University of Minneapolis 1975
 

Publications (1)

Shaping History: Looking at the Past and Present in Glass (2013) illustrated, p. 178, #3; BIB# 135186