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Primary Description:
Vase with Nude. From the Steuben series "Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists."Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Tall, deep footed vase with slightly flared lipless, fire-polished rim; vessel decorated on one side with image of female nude in contrapostal pose, one arm crosses body to opposite breast, other arm extends across lower torso, legs and feet together; short solid stem has double flattened knops, slightly domed foot, ground and polished base edge; polished pontil; inscribed in script on polished pontil: "Steuben"; inscribed at feet replica of designer's signature: "Kisling".
Exhibitions (2)

Glass and Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960
Venue(s)
Museum of the City of New York 2003-10-14 through 2004-04-11

Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists
Venue(s)
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2000-09-02 through 2000-10-29
Publications (12)
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press, Revised) (1999)
illustrated, pp. 196-197, #251, center;
BIB# 65713
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press) (1991)
illustrated, pp.196-197, #251, center;
BIB# 34319
The Collection of Designs in Glass by Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists (second edition) (1940-01-15)
illustrated, #15;
BIB# 61165
The Collection of Designs in Glass by Twenty-seven Contemporary Artists (first edition) (1940-01-01)
illustrated, #15;
BIB# 65354