Nike

Nike

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Nike
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
U.S.S.R.
Date: 
1989
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
laminating
Dimensions: 
H: 45 cm, W: 28.1 cm, D: 8.3 cm
Accession Number: 
90.3.33
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless non-lead glass; cast in two sections, laminated, sandblasted. Thickly cast headless and armless female shape, wearing classical waisted peplos modeled in high relief; folds of bodice outstretched giving wing-like appearance; bodice section laminated to straight skirt with vertical folds; overall matte appearance on front side; flat base, hollowed back; scattered internal bubbles; inscribed inside of base: "(illegible)/Mock 82/USSR".
Provenance
Ibragimov, Fidall ((b. 1938)), Source
1990-04-26

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