Les Etoiles (Stars)

Les Etoiles (Stars)

 
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Object Name: 
Gemmail Panel
Title: 
Les Etoiles (Stars)
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
France, Paris
Date: 
about 1954
Color
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multicolored
Technique
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layering
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assembling
Material
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glass
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light boxes
Dimensions: 
Lightbox H: 76.5 cm, W: 65.7 cm, D: 25.5 cm; Panel H: 61 cm, W: 50.8 cm
Accession Number: 
93.3.7
Credit Line: 
Gift of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Gemmail Panel, "Les Etoiles (Stars)". Gemmail panel in wood frame/ light box. Multicolored pieces of glass; layered, fused.
Label Text
Designed and signed by Lise Driout; 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 the 1962 “Masterpieces in Glass” traveling exhibition by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Provenance
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Source
Masterpieces in Glass
A travelling exhibition by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

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