Water Towers

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Water Towers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, CA, San Francisco
Accession Number: 
83.4.120 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18 cm, Diam: 7.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1982
Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Water Towers". Colorless glass; cut, sandblasted and glued, airbrushed orange and black and oil paint. Round disk base, stem formed of three slender cylinders connected by slabs, squat cylindrical bowl, indentation in each rim with "bar across"; signed on base "MUSLER 82".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Heller Gallery, Source
1983-10-04
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
black
orange
Technique: 
airbrushing
cutting
sandblasting
bonding
assembling
Material: 
glass
oil paint
Inscription: 
MUSLER 82
signature
: 
on base
Copyright: 
© Jay Musler

Publications (2)

This Is Not A Minor Art: Contemporary Glass And The Traditions Of Art History (1985) illustrated, p. 11; BIB# AI16744
New Glass Review, 3 (1982) illustrated, p. 12, #61;

Objects in Set (2)

Water Towers
Artist:Musler, Jay
Date:1982
Accession Number:83.4.120
Water Towers
Artist:Musler, Jay
Date:1982
Accession Number:83.4.120 A