Primary Description:
Colorless, opaque black, transparent gray non-lead glasses, black with shades of gray charcoal drawing on white background, black frame, glass tesserae, charcoal drawing and acrylic background on masonite, adhesive (GE RTV 118-self leveling on large pieces, GE Silicone II on small pieces), painted wood frame; tesserae cut by hand, adhered together over drawing on masonite, assembled. Horizontal panel of small, colorless, irregular squares and rectangles (some cut with angles) forming background to asymmetric black "antique" and gray glass sections cut and arranged to cover and largely correspond to the underlying abstract black linear composition with shaded gray and white ground; central large, wide black bell-shaped glass with a line flaring from both sides of top, at base is a narrow gray horizontal section on short angled "legs", three main background groups (top left, lower left corner, right side) of linear compositions covered with gray and black pieces; varying thicknesses of glasses create an irregular surface; wood frame painted black; front lower right corner in pencil or charcoal apparent through colorless tesserae; (within a circle "RK/'94".