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Night Migration

Night Migration

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Night Migration
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maker
Houk, Peter ((American, b. 1967)), Maker
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Date: 
1997
Color
Colorless, translucent blue/black
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colorless
Technique
Blown, sandblasted, cast, engraved, assembled
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sandblasting
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engraving
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casting
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 59.4 cm, Diam (max): 42.8 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.4.63
Credit Line: 
Gift of Peter Houk in memory of Page Hazlegrove
Location: 
Not on Display
Copyright: 
© Peter Houk
Description
Colorless, translucent blue/black glass; Pate de verre birds in blown bell jar with sand-blasted star map. Large round colorless base with applied "pile" of blue/black birds. Birds are covered by a large colorless dome with applied handle and constellations engraved over entire surface.
Provenance
Houk, Peter ((American, b. 1967)), Former Collection
2003-06-27

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Publications

The Gather (2004) illustrated, p. 2;
New Glass Review, 25 (2004) illustrated, p. 87;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2003 (2004) illustrated, p. 17; BIB# AI63511
Recent Important Acquisitions, 25 (2004) illustrated, p. 87; BIB# AI63129
Incandescent Spirit: Page Hazlegrove: Sculpture in Glass (2000) pp. 23, 44; BIB# 65060

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