Segmented White

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Segmented White
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
85.4.100
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19.8 cm, Diam: 6.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1982
Credit Line: 
Gift of Norman Whitney
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with opaque white and purple (?); blown, ground and polished. Balustrade; thin layer of opaque purple has been cased in opaque white then colorless; undulating shape has been tooled into a thick, downward tapering stepped neck which appears to have been opened by grinding and polishing; neck joins a slightly swelling elongated body that is waisted and then continues as an outwardly flaring, thick, footless, elongated base; base is ground flat and polished; inscribed at edge of base: "Corey R. Powers 7/12 0079".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Whitney, Chuck, Former Collection
Whitney, Norman, Source
Color: 
Colorless,opaque white,purple?
colorless
Technique: 
blown, ground, polished
ground glass
Copyright: 
© Corey R. Powers

Exhibitions (1)

Corey R. Powers; Folded Lip Series
Venue(s)
The Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community College 1983-10-02 through 1983-10-28