Beta Pictoris

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Beta Pictoris
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Rehoboth
Accession Number: 
2012.4.169
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30.5 cm, W: 61.5 cm, D: 25.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1984
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Beta Pictoris". Colorless sheet glass with aqua tint, transparent purple glass, copper, colorless acrylic; blown, sandblasted, electroformed. (a) Rectangular aqua-tinted colorless glass base with copper-plated grids and curving lines on both sides. Acrylic base fixed to glass. (b) Transparent purple ovoid vase with copper-plated grid work.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Christie's, NY, Former Collection
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
aqua
purple
copper
Technique: 
glassblowing
sandblasting
electroforming
Material: 
glass
sheet glass
copper
acrylic
Inscription: 
Mmg
signature
: 
(a) on copper
MichAEL M. GLANCY 1984 BETA PICTORIS
signature
: 
Engraved (b) around edge of base
Mmg
signature
: 
Carved (b) on base
Copyright: 
© Michael M. Glancy

Publications (1)

Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 31 (top); BIB# 146109