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Ravenna Grand Jury/Masked Bandit

Ravenna Grand Jury/Masked Bandit

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Ravenna Grand Jury/Masked Bandit
Department
Modern
Category
Contemporary
Maker(s)
Kent State University, Maker
Halem, Henry ((American, b. 1938)), Maker
Place Made: 
United States, Kent, OH
Date: 
1972
Color
opaque white
Technique
cast, fused, lost wax mold
AAT
casting
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.1 cm, W: 37.5 cm, D: 10.8 cm
Accession Number: 
73.4.51
Location: 
On Display
Copyright: 
© Henry Halem
Description
Opaque white glass; cast, fused, lost-wax mold. Mask shape, depicting grotesque man's face; eyes concealed by a second piece of glass; undulating coarse back surface.
Label Text
In May 1970, Halem was teaching at Kent State University, where he witnessed the shooting of four student protesters by the National Guard. Symbolic of blind justice, the masked face refers to the grand jury, presiding in Ravenna, Ohio, which acquitted the National Guardsmen.
Provenance
Halem, Henry ((American, b. 1938)), Source to 1973

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Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Applied Arts 1990-07-27 through 1990-09-02
State Hermitage Museum 1990-09-15 through 1990-10-21
Museum of the State Institute of Glass 1990-11-02 through 1991-01-04
Publications
1
Glassmaking: America's First Industry
Venue(s)
Strong Museum 1990-04-17 through 1990-04-29
Publications
1
 
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1987-05-16 through 1987-10-25
Toledo Museum of Art 1988-01-10 through 1988-02-21
Publications
1
American Glass Now
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1972 through 1972
Corning Museum of Glass 1973 through 1973
Publications
1
 

Publications

Modern and contemporary art glass (2006) illustrated, slide 52; BIB# 130418
Masterpieces of American Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 66, 85, 95, pl. 104; BIB# 33046
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 100; BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987) p. 3; BIB# 2318
Self-Development (1980) illustrated, p. 61;
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p.89, #90 (lower); BIB# 21161
Glassmaking: America's First Industry (1976) illustrated, p. 34, fig. 34; BIB# 28025
Recent Important Acquisitions, 16 (1974) illustrated, p. 135, #57;
American Glass Now (1972) p. 25; BIB# 18872

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