Portrait of Stanislav Libensky

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Object Name:

Disc

Title:

Portrait of Stanislav Libensky

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Harcuba, Jiri ((Czech b. 1928)), Maker

Place Made:

Czechoslovakia

Date:

1986-1987

Color

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colorless

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colorless

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Technique

copper-wheel engraved, cut, polished

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molding

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cut glass

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Dimensions:

Overall Diam: 19.9 cm, Th: 1 cm

Accession Number:

88.3.8

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Colorless 8% lead glass; copper-wheel engraved, cut, polished. Portrait of Professor Stanislav Libensky. Broad flat disc polished on edges and unengraved side, reverse side has overall matte finish and is intaglio engraved with stylized portrait in profile, skull engraved with image of "Dove" section of sculpture in CMG Libenský lobby in shallow relief; inscribed in script on edge of disc: "J Harcuba 1986-87".

Provenance

Art Centrum, Former Collection to 1988

Publications (2)

Publications

Jiri Harcuba (2008) illustrated, p. 66, 122; BIB# 124228

Jiri Harcuba (2007) illustrated, p. 14; BIB# 104062

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