Perfect Balance

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Perfect Balance
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.4.200
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.3 cm; (a) H: 5.7 cm, W: 5.7 cm, D: 5.7 cm; (b) H: 6.1 cm, W: 7.6 cm, D: 7.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
(a) Colorless glass; cast, sandblasted, cut, ground, polished. Colorless glass cube with deep grooves cut through midsection of each face to create image of colorless circle in center of cube. (b) Black granite base.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
1999
to
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
colorless
black
Technique: 
casting
sandblasting
cutting
grinding
polishing
Material: 
glass
granite
Inscription: 
Steuben
signature
: 
Engraved (a) near base of one face
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.