Shard

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Shard
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, New York City
Accession Number: 
2010.4.32
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17 cm, W: 39.5 cm, D: 16 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1980
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bob and Stephanie Strous
Primary Description: 
Black, yellow, orange, green, red, and blue opaque glass; cut, assembled, glued Vitrolite, polished. Abstract-shaped sculpture of black glass with striped sections of multi-colored glass.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Strous, Stephanie, Source
2010-07-13
Strous, Bob, Source
2010-07-13
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
black
yellow
orange
green
red
blue
Technique: 
cutting
assembling
gluing
polishing
Material: 
glass
Vitrolite (TM)
Inscription: 
80DRH3
stamp
: 
Stamped on reverse large block letters
Copyright: 
© David R. Huchthausen