Untitled

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Untitled
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
89.3.5
Dimensions: 
H: 24.7 cm, W: 27.3 cm, D: 16 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1988
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, amber paint optical glass; carved with hammer, polished, sandblasted, painted. Stylized head of an animal; carved from a solid block of glass into a rough scalene triangular shape with extended ear flange at top; all sides have been incised (to varying depths), then brightly polychromed, details; long sides have overall light amber tinting and incised stylized eyes, eyebrows, open mouth with jagged teeth and extended tongue; flat base has been sandblasted to a matte finish; inscribed near base: "PARIS 1988 Zuber".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Schmalreck, Dr. Arno, Source
1988-11-07
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless glass, amber paint
Technique: 
carved with hammer, polished, sandblasted, painted
polishing
sandblasting
Copyright: 
© Czeslaw Zuber

Publications (2)

Glass Capturing the Dance of Light (1993) illustrated, p. 66; BIB# AI30595
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1989 (1990) p. 6; BIB# AI96380