Circus Lights

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Circus Lights
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, RI, Providence
Accession Number: 
87.4.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 33 cm, W: 60.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1986
Primary Description: 
Opaque cream/tan non-lead glass; kiln-fused, laminated to cut steel and wood. Rectangular, panel with relief; horizontal rectangular plate, beginning to oxidize, with two, solid laminated cast elements in relief, left element is horizontal oval shape with overlapping, vertical lines (appear as a fore shortened crown) sitting at an angle, right element is a vertical forked shape with ovoid base, also sitting at an angle; inscribed on back of metal: "CIRCUS LIGHTS" cO 1987 J. WAX / Joshua L. Wax 1986".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Wax, Jack (American, b. 1954), Former Collection
1987
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Opaque cream/tan
Technique: 
pate de verre; kiln-fused, laminated to cut steel and wood
Inscription: 
"CIRCUS LIGHTS" c 1987 J. WAX/Joshua L. Wax 1986
signature
Copyright: 
© Jack Wax

Exhibitions (2)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01
Title Unknown (Newport Art Museum)
Venue(s)
Newport Art Museum 1986 through 1986
 

Publications (2)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 93, fig. 143; BIB# 87714
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 233; BIB# 32803