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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
United States, Alfred, NY
Date: 
1967
Color
AAT
pale
Technique
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.6 cm, W (max): 21 cm, Diam (max): 7.7 cm
Accession Number: 
70.4.98
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Sculpture. Pale and deep purple-blue tinted bubbly glass with bubble inclusions; shaped hot. Irregular flattened ovoid shape comes to rounded point at top; deep purple-blue glass at center surrounded by three glass enclosed air bubbles on one side and one large air bubble on opposite side that breaks through surface forming oval shape opening with smooth edges; encased in pale purple-blue tinted glass; polished base, signed (stipple engraved?) "Andre Billeci"; rectangular paper label in washed out ink appears to read in part: "ANDRE...A #211 R.../N.F.S.".
Provenance
Billeci, Andre ((American, 1933-2012)), Source to
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-11-17 through 2006-04-02
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2006-07-12 through 2007-01-06

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