Moby Dick

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Moby Dick
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.197
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20 cm, W: 28.5 cm, D: 5.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; cast, cut, ground, polished, engraved. Colorless glass sculpture cut and engraved to show a large whale, waves, and a rowboat holding four men, one of which holds a spear.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
1959
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
cutting
grinding
polishing
engraving
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
47000
label
: 
Affixed behind rowboat
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.