Figure of a Glassblower

Object Name: 
Figure of a Glassblower

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Object Name: 
Figure of a Glassblower
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
52.4.324
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 31.5 cm, L: 15.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1938
Credit Line: 
Gift of Frederick Carder
Primary Description: 
Figure of a Glassblower. Figure of a Glassblower. Translucent and transparent very heavy bubbly "frosted" glass; "mold-cast" (lost wax process). Glassblower with bare upper body holding a (metal) blow-pipe with an attached gather of glass; signed: "F. Carder 1938".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Carder, Frederick (American, b. United Kingdom, 1863-1963), Source
1952-03
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pâte de verre
Material: 
glass
metal
Inscription: 
F. Carder 1938
signature

Exhibitions (3)

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
Brilliance in glass: the lost wax sculpture of Frederick Carder
Venue(s)
Rockwell Museum
 
The Glass of Frederick Carder
Venue(s)
The Renwick Gallery 1971-12 through 1972-04
Pilkington Glass Museum 1972-06 through 1972-12

Publications (4)

Makers A History of American Studio Craft (2010) illustrated, p. 180; BIB# 118619
Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 30, fig. 32; BIB# 87714
Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-century American Craft (1996) illustrated, p. 14; BIB# 45927
Brilliance in Glass: the lost wax sculpture of Frederick Carder (1993) illustrated, pl. 1, p. 22; BIB# 35666