Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
79.4.122 C
Dimensions: 
(C) H: 8.3 cm, L: 15 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1978
Primary Description: 
Cup. Black non-lead glass; blown, tooled, fumed surface. Cylindrical shape leaning slightly to one side, thick walls, applied and tooled solid handle at one side near base, applied flat base, ground underneath and signed, "Jonathan Block/Bellingham/1978". Handle shapes vary among the four as does thickness of walls; otherwise they are identical. Edition 1/1.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Block, Jonathan (American, b. 1949), Source
1978-03
to
1979-09-21
Inscription: 
Jonathan Block / Bellingham / 1978
inscription
: 
base
Copyright: 
© 1978 Jonathan Block

Exhibitions (1)

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1979 through 1979
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Renwick Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art

Publications (1)

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) illustrated, p. 55, #26a-d; BIB# 20603

Objects in Set (4)

4 Cups
Artist:Block, Jonathan
Date:1978
Accession Number:79.4.122
Cup
Artist:Block, Jonathan
Date:1978
Accession Number:79.4.122 A
 
Cup
Artist:Block, Jonathan
Date:1978
Accession Number:79.4.122 B
Cup
Artist:Block, Jonathan
Date:1978
Accession Number:79.4.122 D