Mobius Prism

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Mobius Prism
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.202
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 27 cm; (a) W: about 8 cm, Diam (max): 25.5 cm; (b) H: 1.8 cm, W: 40.8 cm, D: 15.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1993
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
(a) Colorless glass; case, cut, ground, polished. Twisted ring-shaped sculpture. Rectangular black oak base with depression in center upon which the sculpture rests.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
1993
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
black
Technique: 
cased
cutting
grinding
polishing
Material: 
glass
wood
Inscription: 
Steuben
signature
: 
Engraved (a) on interior of ring
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (2003 edition) (2003) p. 278; BIB# 75000