Vortex (Wirbel)

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Object Name: 
7-part Sculpture
Title: 
Vortex (Wirbel)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Austria
Accession Number: 
91.3.63
Dimensions: 
(a-g) H: 22.4 cm, WxD: 14 cm, Th(each piece): 3.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1982
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Ruth-Maria Franz
Primary Description: 
Natural blue-green tint non-lead glass; cut, sandblasted, stacked. Vertical sculpture comprised of seven stacked square plates with internal sandblasting on all but bottom square; sandblasting forms abstract configuration suggesting a whirlwind or cloud; inscribed in script on short side of "f"; "Jutta Cuny/1982".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Franz, Ruth-Maria, Former Collection
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Natural blue-green tint
Technique: 
cut, sandblasted, stacked
sandblasting
cut glass

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 34 (1992) illustrated, p. 147, #51; BIB# AI30154
GAS Conference 1982: Featured Artists (1983) illustrated, p. 92;