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Object Name:

Sculpture

Title:

Objekt 3-teilig (Three-part object)

Maker(s):

Trnka, Pavel (Czech, b. 1948), Artist

Frydrych, Jan (Czech, b. 1953), Assistant

Place Made:

Czechoslovakia, Prague

Accession Number:

85.3.72

Dimensions:

Overall H: 10.9 cm, W: 21.8 cm

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

1984

Primary Description:

Colorless, red and blue glasses; cast, ground and polished. Pie shape, optic; (b) marked "TRNKA".

More Info

Department:

Postwar and Contemporary

Series:

Zyklus Spectrum (Spectrum cycle)

Provenance:

Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Source

1985-07-23

Category:

Color:

Technique:

Material:

Inscription:

Trnka

signature

Exhibitions (1)

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass

Sculpture Gallery

Publications (5)

Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 43, 102-103 (fig. 88, plate 27); BIB# 107478

Stained and Art Glass (2005-11) illustrated, p. 460; BIB# 87455

In Corning, New York: A House of Glass (2005-09-16) illustrated

Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 82, fig. 3.50; BIB# 120381

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 115; BIB# 32803