Day and Night

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Day and Night
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.198
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.7 cm; (a) Th: 4.4 cm, Diam (max): 24.4 cm; (b) H: 4.5 cm, W: 45.7 cm, D: 4.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1989
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
(a) Colorless glass; cast, cut, engraved, ground, polished. Circular glass sculpture, thicker at the base. Top half of glass decorated with small airtraps. (b) Black rectangular aluminum base with four felt pads on bottom and concave depression in top where glass rests.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
1989
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
cutting
engraving
grinding
polishing
Material: 
glass
aluminum
Inscription: 
6950
label
: 
Affixed (b) near base
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.