Narcissus

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Narcissus
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.231
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.5 cm, W: 28 cm, D: 5.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1962
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; cast, engraved. Irregularly-shaped colorless glass sculpture with engraved depiction of male figure, Narcissus, laying beside a pool of water with one finger making ripples of concentric circles in water.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
1962
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
engraving
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Steuben
signature
: 
Engraved on bottom of broken shard
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.