Plaster Model of a Wave

Object Name: 
Plaster Model of a Wave

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Object Name: 
Plaster Model of a Wave
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
2011.7.51
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 9.5 cm, W: 27.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Credit Line: 
Gift of Corning Inc.
Primary Description: 
Ivory plaster; cast. Plaster model in the form of a cresting wave.

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: 
ivory
Technique: 
casting
Material: 
plaster
Inscription: 
DEVELOP CRISP SHARP / BLEND S[illegible writing]
inscription
: 
Pencil on one edge of wave
CUT OFF ANY / VULNERABLE / OVERHANGS
inscription
: 
Pencil on base
THIS EDGE KEPT SHARP - CRISP / KEEP THIS SIDE SOFT BLEND
inscription
: 
Pencil on one edge of wave
1/2" DIA. / PUNTIL, FINE GRIND / AT HIGHTEST POINT
inscription
: 
Pencil on top of wave
Copyright: 
© Corning Inc.