Mesa at Sunset

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Mesa at Sunset
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
2003.3.63
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 33 cm, W: 36.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1988
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margaret Pace Willson
Primary Description: 
Bubbly colorless, red, amber, light blue, amethyst, and gold foil; hot-worked, assembled. Large anvil shape sculpture with bands of various colors across top curve.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Willson, Margaret Pace, Former Collection
1988
to
2003
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, red, amber, light blue, amethyst
colorless
light blue
red
amber
Technique: 
Hot-worked and assembled

Exhibitions (1)

Robert Willson: A Texan in Venice
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-05-15 through 2003-11-09

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2003 (2004) illustrated, p. 17; BIB# AI93746