Johann Sebastian Bach

Object Name:

Plaque

Title:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Harcuba, Jiri ((Czech b. 1928)), Artist

Place Made:

Czech Republic, Prague

Date:

2006

Color

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colorless

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    - colorless (ref)

Technique

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casting

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  - forming (ref)
    - casting (ref)

AAT

cutting

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  - cutting (ref)

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engraving

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  - engraving (ref)

Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 32.9 cm, W: 33.6, D: 5.4 cm

Accession Number:

2006.3.53

Location:

Not on Display

Description

"Johann Sebastian Bach," Plaque. Colorless glass; mold-melted, cut, engraved, polished. Semi-circular blank with a flat base and rounded edges. Cut and engraved with a profile of Bach, facing to the viewer's right. Forehead with a lock of hair, eyebrow, eye, nose, cheekbone, lips, and chin articulated with the cutting and engraving; the rest of the engraving is abstract, cloud-like.

Inscription

J. S. Bach J. Harcuba 2006 Engraved. On underside of base. in script

Provenance

Harcuba, Jiri ((Czech b. 1928)), Source to

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