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Homage to Edison

Homage to Edison

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Homage to Edison
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Tichy, Dalibor ((1950-1985)), Maker
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Stredocesky, Prague
Date: 
1980
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Mold-blown, hot-worked
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.2 cm, Diam: 9.9 cm
Accession Number: 
81.3.18
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless glass; Mold-blown, hot-worked. Solid cylindrical shape "pulled" at top to form thin exterior wall with partly serrated, partly smooth, rim; within this wall, a thin rod of glass rises up from center and is enclosed by a hollow conical form with a narrow opening at top through which the rod penetrates; signed in block letters on base "TICHY".
Inscription
TICHY
signature
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Provenance
Art Centrum, Former Collection
1981

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Exhibitions

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Sculpture Gallery
Czechoslovakian Glass 1350-1980
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1981-05-02 through 1981-11-01
Publications
1
 

Publications

Dalibor Tichy (1950-1985) (2006-06) illustrated, p. 53;
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 126; BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987) p. 5; BIB# 2318
Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980 (1981-08) pp. 44-50, ill. p. 50;
Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980 (Exhibition) (1981) illustrated, p. 142, ill.; p. 163, #142; BIB# 30316

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