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Object Name:

Sculpture

Title:

Finders Creepers

Maker(s):

Anderson, Doug (American, b. 1952), Artist

Place Made:

United States, OH, Warsaw

Accession Number:

86.4.98

Dimensions:

Overall H: 9.5 cm, W: 37 cm, L: 75 cm

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

1986

Credit Line:

1st Rakow Commission, purchased with funds from the Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Endowment Fund

Web Description:

In the mid 1980s, this piece was one of the largest and most complex examples of pâte de verre sculpture that had ever been attempted. Doug Anderson modeled the individual elements of this sculpture, which includes leaves and insects, from life. Pâte de verre (literally "glass paste") is a casting technique in which granulated glass (frit) is heated and fused inside of a kiln. Pâte de verre is easily recognized by its typically "sugary" surface and subtle, yet distinct and often complicated, coloration.

More Info

Department:

Postwar and Contemporary

Provenance:

Anderson, Doug (American, b. 1952), Former Collection

1986

Rakow Estate, Juliette K. (Mrs. Leonard S.) (d. 1992), Source

1986

Rakow, Leonard S., Source

1986

Category:

Studio Glass

Color:

Multicolored pastels

Technique:

pate-de-verre

Inscription:

Anderson 092486

signature

Description

Primary Description:

Multicolored pastel lead glass; cast (lost wax), pate de verre. Irregular rectangle; one solid piece of glass with deep undercut, depicting a pile of ivy leaves from which various life-sized elements emerge (vine, garden snake, morel mushrooms, white cap mushrooms, one peanut, two acorns, two strawberries, one button, cicada, one horsefly, rocks, black-eyed Susans, pine cone, two feathers, one apple leaf); coloration provided by gradations within glass (rather than surface applications on colorless); inscribed "Anderson 092486".