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Le Jour et La Nuit (Day and night)

Le Jour et La Nuit (Day and night)

 
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Object Name: 
Clock
Title: 
Le Jour et La Nuit (Day and night)
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
France, possibly Combs-la-Ville; France, possibly Wingen-sur-Moder
Date: 
designed in 1926
Color
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gray
Technique
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molding
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assembling
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pressing
Material
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glass
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metal
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 37.7 cm, W: 31.5 cm, D: 10 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.3.276
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Location: 
On Display
Description
Transparent gray glass, metal; mold-pressed, assembled. Clock mounted in a large transparent gray glass disk with nude man (concave) and woman (convex) arching around clock face. Glass disk mounted on trapezoidal metal base.
Inscription
8 DAYS SWISS MADE on clock face
R. LALIQUE FRANCE Engraved on back of glass near edge
Provenance
Steppa, Elaine, Source to 2011-12-09
Steppa, Stanford, Source to 2011-12-09
Rene Lalique, the famous French artist (2012-10) illustrated, p. 27;
A Important Gift of Glass by Rene Lalique Given to the Museum by Stanford and Elaine Steppa (2012) illustrated, p. 16, bottom center;

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