A Movement of Change (No. 4)

Title: 
A Movement of Change (No. 4)

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Object Name: 
2-part Sculpture
Title: 
A Movement of Change (No. 4)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, London
Accession Number: 
77.2.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.5 cm, W: 20 cm, L: 32 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1976
Primary Description: 
Large rectangular aluminum base (a) with two wide vertical grooves on the long sides, one groove continuing diagonally half-way across the top, at the end of which sits an object: metal projection. Supported by this projection is a glass cube (b) made up of 4 squares of glass separated from each other by 3 rectangular pieces of glass, one edge of the cube touches the top of the metal base. In the lower right corner of the top of the base is engraved "PETER S. ALDRIDGE, 1976". In a depression on one edge of the cube is scratched (in script): "Peter Aldridge 1976."

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Aldridge, Peter S. (British, b. 1947), Former Collection
1976
to
1977-10-15
Category: 
Studio Glass
Technique: 
Cut, Ground, Bonded, Machined
bonding
cut glass
ground glass
Inscription: 
PETER S. ALDRIDGE, 1976
Inscription
: 
Scratched in a depression on one edge of the cube in script

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 20 (1978) illustrated, p. 126, #44; BIB# AI98080
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1977 (1978) illustrated, pp. 4, 6; BIB# AI97145