Crystal Obscura

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Crystal Obscura
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Rehoboth
Accession Number: 
2012.4.168
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16 cm, W: about 38.4 cm, D: about 22 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1996-1998
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Crystal Obscura". Colorless glass, colorless glass with aqua tint, copper, colorless acrylic; blown, "Pompeii" cut, electroformed. (a) Four-sided aqua-tinted colorless glass base with copper plated grooves on both sides. (b) Colorless ovoid vase with matching decoration. (c) Colorless oval acrylic base.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Color: 
colorless
aqua
copper
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
electroforming
Material: 
glass
copper
acrylic
Inscription: 
CRYSTAL OBSCURA / Mmg / glan
signature
: 
Engraved (b) on base of vessel
Copyright: 
© Michael M. Glancy

Publications (2)

Meet the Artist: Michael Glancy (2013) illustrated, p. 10, bottom right; BIB# AI94017
Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 31 (bottom); BIB# 146109