Beholden

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Beholden
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NC, Penland
Accession Number: 
2011.4.80
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.5 cm, W: 37 cm, D: 56.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1997
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Primary Description: 
Mold-blown glass, cut, sanded, stained with Japanese inks.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Wax, Jack (American, b. 1954), Source
1997
to
2011
Category: 
Contemporary
Studio Glass
Technique: 
mold-blown
cuts
sanding
staining
Material: 
glass
ink
Inscription: 
Jack L. Wax 1997
signature
: 
Engraved along inside edge of opening in script
Copyright: 
© Jack Wax

Exhibitions (1)

The Glass Skin
Venue(s)
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art 1997-10-01 through 1997-11-16
Corning Museum of Glass 1998-05-16 through 1998-10-18
Dusseldorf Kuntsmuseum 1999-02-14 through 1999-04-21

Publications (3)

The Glass Skin (1998) illustrated, p. 113, #68; BIB# 58897
The Glass Skin (1998) illustrated, p. 115, #68; BIB# 61912
The glass skin : garasu no shinseiki : sekai 20-sakka no chōsen (1997) illustrated, p. 107, #68; BIB# 72368