Meitnerium IV

Meitnerium IV

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Meitnerium IV
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date: 
1997
Color
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colorless
Technique
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blown glass
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engraving
Material
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borosilicate glass
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crystal
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wood
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 37.4 cm, Diam (max): 14.7 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.3.4
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Flameworked and blown borosilicate glass, engraved; apophyllite, wood base. Glass dome covering a glass pedestal holding a piece of crystal atop a black wooden base with four gilded feet.
Inscription
Sinds '95 / Meitner & Dieperink / Instrumentmakers Amsterdam
Inscription
:
Engraved Near bottom edge of a) dome
R Meitner 97
Signature and date
:
Engraved On bottom of base
Provenance
Barry Friedman Ltd., Source
2003
Richard Meitner: Cold Fusion
Venue(s)
Museum Boerhaave
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show; traveling to The Gallery at Steuben in 2008 (cancelled 6-2008)
 
Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner
Venue(s)
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art 2010-07-17 through 2011-06-19
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge exhibit (which later travels to Museum of Glass in Tacoma - new exhibition has been created)
 
Richard Meitner in Museum Boerhaave: Cold Fusion (1997) illustrated, p. 22; BIB# 72144

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