Man Holding Glass of Water and Fish

Title: 
Man Holding Glass of Water and Fish

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Man Holding Glass of Water and Fish
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Amesbury
France, Nancy
Accession Number: 
2012.3.44
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.9 cm, Diam (max): 17.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1983
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Web Description: 
Cristallerie Daum (Nancy, France), Steuben Glass (Corning, New York), and Venini (Murano, Italy) invited outside artists and designers, including studio glass artists, to design for their companies. In general, studio glass practice and the luxury glass industry had opposite goals. Studio glass artists were interested in complete freedom with the material, and they avoided making objects to a design brief or to a price point. More open-minded companies appreciated the different perspectives that outside artists and designers could bring to their product lines. Dan Dailey designed several vessels and sculptures for Daum in blown and cast glass.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Series: 
People Holding Animals
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blowing
sandblasting
polishing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
FRA-2-83 / DAUM FRANCE / AMESBURY
inscription
: 
Engraved on base
Daily
signature
: 
Engraved on edge of wall near base in script
Copyright: 
© Dan Dailey

Description

Primary Description: 
Vase, "Man Holding Glass of Water and Fish" ("People Holding Animals" Series). Colorless lead glass; mold-blown, cut, sandblasted, acid-polished. Conical vase with flaring rim. Exterior decorated with stylized head of bearded man and hand holding goblet with fish decoration. Matte surface.

Publications (2)

Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015) illustrated, p. 44, 108-109 (fig. 98, plate 31); BIB# 149403
Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 18 (top); BIB# 146109