Objekt VII, 1982

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Objekt VII, 1982
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany
Accession Number: 
84.3.30
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 35.1 cm; a) H: 14 cm, L: 13.4 cm, b) H: 14 cm, L: 13.6 cm; c) H: 14.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1982
Primary Description: 
(a&b) Colorless glass asymmetrical block, matte finish; (b) signed along bottom edge: "Willi° Pi°stor 82"; (c) one opaque obsidian asymmetrical block on flat metal base, colorless parts cut to fit against metal base.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Pistor, Willi, Source
1984-04-24
Color: 
(a&b) Colorless, (c) obsidian
Inscription: 
Wili Pistor 82
signature

Publications (2)

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 143; BIB# 32803
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1984 (1985) illustrated, pp. 7, 13; BIB# AI96385