Le serpent et serpent de l'eau

Title: 
Le serpent et serpent de l'eau

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Le serpent et serpent de l'eau
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, WA, Seattle
Accession Number: 
2012.4.162
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 35 cm, Diam (max): about 31.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1990
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Vessel, "Le serpent et serpent de l'eau". Transparent reddish purple, green, and colorless glass, copper; cast, pate-de-verre, electroplated. Bulbous vase with waisted neck, wide flared rim, and conical foot. Two copper electroplated snake-like serpents applied to body and neck of vessel. One serpent has dorsal fins.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
reddish purple
green
colorless
Technique: 
casting
electroplating
pâte de verre
Material: 
glass
copper
Inscription: 
S R / S 90
signature
: 
Scratched on base
Copyright: 
© Seth Randal

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions (New Glass Review 34) (2013) illustrated, p. 121, top; BIB# AI95680
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2012 (2013) illustrated, p. 36; BIB# AI94590
Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 93 (bottom); BIB# 146109