Night Watch (with Herd)

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Night Watch (with Herd)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
2001.3.24
Dimensions: 
a) Overall H: 20.3 cm, W: 45.7 cm, D: 8.9 cm; b) Overall H: 34.3 cm, W: 17.8 cm, D: 8.9 cm; c) Overall H: 17.8 cm, W: 38.1 cm, D: 8.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margaret Pace Willson
Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent blue and red glass, silver foil; assembled, etched, engraved.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Willson, Margaret Pace, Source
2001
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, translucent blue, red, silver
colorless
red
Technique: 
assembled, etched, engraved
assembling
etching
Inscription: 
Robert Willso
signature
: 
short side near base
Barbini / Murano
signature
: 
inner short edge
Robert Willson
signature
: 
vertically up edge
Barbini / Murano
signature
: 
lower right short edge
Robert Willson
signature
: 
lower left corner of front near base

Publications (1)

Robert Willson: Image-Maker (2001) p. 128; BIB# 71997