Trapezoidal Bottle

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Title: 
Trapezoidal Bottle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, CA, Berkeley
Accession Number: 
2005.4.168
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.7 cm, W: 8.3 cm, D: 3.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1967
Web Description: 
This amber bottle is one of Marquis’s more sophisticated early works in glass.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Marquis, Johanna Nitzke, Former Collection
Category: 
Contemporary
Studio Glass
Color: 
brown
white
Technique: 
mold-blowing
hot-working
scratched
painting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
MARQUIS / c 1978 (crossed out and replace with) 1967 #4 NPS /
label
: 
Stamped On bottom White circular sticker with black stamped text.
D MARQUIS: Bo
label
: 
Typed On bottom Red and white sticker with typed text.
Copyright: 
© Richard Marquis

Description

Primary Description: 
Vessel, "Trapezoidal Bottle". Translucent brown glass; white paint, mold-blown, hot-worked, scratched, painted. Trapezoid shaped bottle with an inverted conical shaped neck. Body is painted in white on one side. Fingerprint in red on one edge, spots of pink on other edge.

Exhibitions (2)

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Marquis
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2013-02-16 through 2014-02-02
This exhibition is part of the Corning Museum’s ongoing Masters of Studio Glass series developed to provide a platform for in-depth surveys of artists represented in the Museum’s permanent collection.
Decades in Glass: The 60's
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-11-17 through 2006-04-02
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2006-07-12 through 2007-01-06
 

Publications (5)

Venice and American Studio Glass (2020) illustrated, p. 24 (fig. 27, center);
Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Marquis (2012) illustrated, p. 6 (far left, middle); BIB# AI93447
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2005 (2006) illustrated, p. 16, right; BIB# AI90241
Recent Important Acquisitions (2006) illustrated, p. 116; BIB# AI98523
Richard Marquis: Objects (1997) illustrated, p. 42; BIB# 59475