Savannah Grass

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Savannah Grass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
2012.3.45
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.1 cm, W: 51.6 cm, D: 15.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1996
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Vessel, "Savannah Grass". Colorless, green, black and red murrine glass; fused, slumped, cut. Shallow colorless oval dish with a central green form decorated with red and black stripes. Matte finish.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Elliott Brown Gallery, Former Collection
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
green
black
red
Technique: 
fusing
Slumping
cutting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Laura de Santillana 1996 1/1
signature
: 
Engraved on base
Copyright: 
© Laura de Santillana

Publications (1)

Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 26 (bottom); BIB# 146109