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Natura Morta (Still Life)

Natura Morta (Still Life)

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Natura Morta (Still Life)
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Italy, Murano
Date: 
2000
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
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sandblasting
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gilding
Dimensions: 
a) Diam: 13.8 cm; b) Diam: 27.6 cm; c) Diam: 23.5 cm; d) Diam: 19.1 cm; e) Diam: 3.9 cm
Accession Number: 
2001.3.12
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Artist
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Sculpture, "Natura Morta (Still Life)". a) foot; colorless glass, metal; blown, sandblasted, gilded, assembled; trumpet-shaped foot topped by composite stem, merese globular knop, merese and flaring to rim, metal threaded nut into which b) screws. B) is level; colorless and multi-colored translucent and opaque white glass, metal; blown, sand-blasted, gilded, assembled toped by merese and flaring to edge, three-tiered tazza with fruit and small "people" with one loose plum.
Inscription
Cesare Toffolo / Murano / 2000
Provenance
Toffolo, Cesare, Source to 2001-06-04
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-10-17 through 2003-02-16
The Delicious Work of Cesare Toffolo (2003-01) illustrated, p. 9;
Venetian Glass (2001) illustrated, p. 133;
Cesare Toffolo L'universo dei "Piccoli uomini" (2000) illustrated, pp. 8-13, cover;

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