Eddio ed Adam (God and Adam)

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Object Name:

Candleholder with Cover

Title:

Eddio ed Adam (God and Adam)

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Meitner, Richard Craig ((American, b. 1949)), Artist

Royal Leerdam Crystal Factory, Factory

Place Made:

Netherlands, Leerdam

Date:

1994

Color

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blue

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yellow

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amber

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      - amber (ref)

Technique

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blown glass

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applied decoration

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Material

neodymium

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 18.5 cm; (a) H: 13.8 cm, D: 12.0 cm; (b) H: 13.1 cm, D: 10.7 cm.

Accession Number:

95.3.63

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Neodymium glass. (a) Pale bluish mauve, transparent; (b) pale bluish mauve, transparent, with yellowish amber, transparent knop; blown, applied. Candleholder (a), with cover(b). Candleholder: globular, with hemispherical mouth. Rim plain; narrow opening at junction of mouth and body; base plain, with high, rounded kick; no pontil mark. cover: bell-shaped, hollow except for knop. Semiovoid knop resting on two disks with rounded edges, small above and larger below; wall descends vertically, then splays, with plain rounded rim at bottom. (a) Inscribed on outside below rim with diamond point: "Royal Leerdam 250-248 R.M. 1994" (cursive); (b) inscribed on inside above foot rim with diamond point: "Eddio ed Adam RL-RM" (cursive).

Label Text

The artist, Richard Meitner, has indicated that this object (and only this object) is meant to be taken apart and assembled as one wishes. There is no one right way to assemble it, and he encourages us to play with it.

Inscription

Eddio ed Adam RL-RM

inscription

cursive on inside above foot rim with diamond point

Royal Leerdam 250-248 R.M. 1994

inscription

cursive on outside below rim with diamond point

Provenance

Art Nederland Europe, Source

1995-09-07

Exhibitions (2)
Publications (1)

Exhibitions

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner

Venue(s)

Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art 2010-07-17 through 2011-06-19

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass

West Bridge exhibit (which later travels to Museum of Glass in Tacoma - new exhibition has been created)

Publications

New Glass Review, 16 (1995) illustrated, p. 21, #56;

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