Hand Forms

Hand Forms

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Hand Forms
Department
Modern
Category
Contemporary
Place Made: 
United States, IL, Bloomington
Date: 
1972
Color
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yellow
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blue
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amber
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black
Technique
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glassblowing
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off-hand process
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall a) H: 24.5 cm; b) H: 25.4 cm; c) H: 23.1 cm
Accession Number: 
73.4.71
Location: 
On Display
Description
Opaque dark amber, black, blue, yellow glasses; blown, hot-worked. Three "hands" standing on round disk bases, fingers down; each decorated with silver striping.
Provenance
Myers, Joel Philip ((American, b. 1934)), Source
American Glass Now
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1972 through 1972
Corning Museum of Glass 1973 through 1973
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Exhibit
 
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1987-05-16 through 1987-10-25
Toledo Museum of Art 1988-01-10 through 1988-02-21
Masterpieces of American Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Applied Arts 1990-07-27 through 1990-09-02
Museum of the State Institute of Glass 1990-11-02 through 1991-01-04
 
The Gather (2007) illustrated, p. 6, bottom;
American Studio Glass 1960-1990 (2004) illustrated, p. 136; BIB# 81488
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 170, #285; BIB# 58995
Masterpieces of American Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 65, 95, pl. 101; BIB# 33046
American Glass Now (1972) p. 56; BIB# 18872

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