Ranch Doll

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Ranch Doll
Maker(s): 
Willson, Robert (American, 1912-2000), Artist
Signoretto, Pino (Italian, 1944-2017), Assistant
Vetreria Pino Signoretto, Studio
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
2001.3.34
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 53.3 cm, W: 16.5 cm, D: 12.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1984
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margaret Pace Willson
Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent red and blue, opaque white and red glass, gold leaf; hot-worked, applied elements.

More Info

Department: 
Modern and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Willson, Margaret Pace, Source
2001
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, translucent red, blue, opaque white, opaque red, gold
colorless
blue
Technique: 
hot-worked, applied
Material: 
glass
gold leaf
Inscription: 
Robert Willson / PLR SAG
signature
: 
on short side near base script
Copyright: 
© Robert Willson

Exhibitions (1)

Robert Willson: A Texan in Venice
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-05-15 through 2003-11-09

Publications (6)

Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 11, 104-105 (fig. 10, plate 28); BIB# 107478
Museum Receives 28 Sculptures, Other Works by Robert Willson (2004) illustrated, p. 83; BIB# AI63128
Robert Willson: Image Maker (2003) illustrated, p. 5; BIB# AI56893
Notes: Corning Museum Receives Willson Gift (2002) illustrated, p. 205, fig. 1;
Robert Willson: Image-Maker (2001) p. 115; BIB# 71997
Corning Museum Receives Willson Gift (2001) illustrated, pp. 204-206, fig. 1;