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Le Petit Aquarium (The Little Aquarium)

Le Petit Aquarium (The Little Aquarium)

 
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Object Name: 
Gemmail Panel
Title: 
Le Petit Aquarium (The Little Aquarium)
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Les Gemmaux de France, Studio
Braque, Georges ((French, 1882-1963)), Artist; Designer
Malherbe-Navarre, Roger ((French, 1908-2006)), Maker
Place Made: 
France, Paris
Date: 
about 1954
Color
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multicolored
Technique
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layering
fusing
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assembling
Material
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glass
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light boxes
Dimensions: 
Lightbox H: 38.1-36.4 cm, W: 46.7-44.6 cm, D: 26.1 cm; Panel H: 23 cm, W: 30.5 cm
Accession Number: 
93.3.2
Credit Line: 
Gift of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Location: 
Not on Display
Copyright: 
© Les Gemmaux de France
Description
Gemmail Panel, "Le Petit Aquarium (The Little Aquarium)". Gemmail panel in wood frame/ light box. Multicolored pieces of glass; layered, fused.
Label Text
Designed and signed by Georges Braque; technique invented by artist Jean Crotti (1870-1958); panel assembled by "gemmists" in the Paris studio of Roger Malherbe-Navarre called Les Gemmaux de France. Included in a 1957 exposé called “Gemmaux Night” at the Casino du Palm Peach at Cannes. Included in the 1962 “Masterpieces in Glass” traveling exhibition by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Provenance
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Source

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Exhibitions

Masterpieces in Glass
A travelling exhibition by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Gemmaux Night
Venue(s)
Casino du Palm Peach
 

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