Plaster Cutter's/Engraver's Model for Unknown Sculpture

Object Name: 
Plaster Cutter's/Engraver's Model for Unknown Sculpture

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Object Name: 
Plaster Cutter's/Engraver's Model for Unknown Sculpture
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.7.15
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.6 cm, W: 22.5 cm, D: 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
White plaster, orangish-red paint; cast, painted. Egg/oval-shaped plaster model. One side of model has rectangular piece of white tape applied to surface and shows pencil sketch of two ducks: one swimming and the other with out-stretched wings and head turned back. Reverse side is painted orangish-red with concave hemispherical depression near one end.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Former Collection
2011-11-30
Corning Inc., Source
2011-11-30
to
2011-12-01
Color: 
white
orange
red
Technique: 
casting
painting
Material: 
paint
plaster
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.