Girl and Bird

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Girl and Bird
Accession Number: 
82.4.59
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26 cm, W: 16.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1965
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Edwin J. Beinecke, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; cast and/or gathered, cut, copperwheel engraved. Diamond shape form with rounded edges; on one side is engraved a nude young girl, seated in left three-quarter profile, holding a wounded bird in her left hand; a misty veil, possibly of mica chips, enframes the figure in a diamond form within the larger diamond; signed in script on base "Steuben 112 T 20".
Provenance: 
Beinecke, Edwin J., Jr., Source