Ruby Lip Sync

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Ruby Lip Sync
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Rehoboth
Accession Number: 
2012.4.167
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1984
Credit Line: 
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Primary Description: 
Vessel, "Ruby Lip Sync". Colorless and transparent red glass, copper; cased, blown, sandblasted, electroformed copper. Conical vessel with copper "skin" that has a pattern of circles and square shapes cut to reveal the colorless and red glass of the vessel.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Greenberg, Daniel, Source
2012-12-31
Steinhauser, Susan, Source
2012-12-31
Hurwitz, Michael, Former Collection
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
red
copper
Technique: 
glassblowing
sandblasting
electroforming
cased glass
Material: 
glass
copper
Inscription: 
MICHAEL M. GLANCY 1984 RUBY LIP SYNC
signature
: 
Engraved along the outer edge of base of the vessel
Mmg
signature
: 
Carved on bottom of vessel
Copyright: 
© Michael M. Glancy

Publications (1)

Contemporary Glass Sculpture: the Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser collection (2012) illustrated, p. 38 (bottom); BIB# 146109