Variant Title:
Also known as: 32nd annual Seminar on Glass
Lecture title: Curator's choice / by David Whitehouse, Jane Spillman, and Susanne Frantz
Shelving title: Corning Museum of Glass, Seminar on Glass, 1992, tape 10
Notes:
VHS has opening remarks by David Whitehouse.
David Whitehouse, Director, The Corning Museum of Glass ; Jane Spillman, Curator of American Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass ; Susanne Frantz, Head of the Curatorial Department, The Corning Museum of Glass.
Filmed during the 32nd annual Seminar on Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, October 17, 1992.
Each of the Museum's curators share some ongoing research. Dr. Whitehouse discusses the Corning Ewer and its relationship to other Islamic cut glass and rock crystal. Jane Spillman touches on American glass topics: an 1876 Dorflinger wineglass, a Bakewell mold, and pressed and cut glass pattern similarities. Susanne Frantz's preparation for the Libenský/Brychotva exhibition are highlighted in her coverage of their work from the 1940s-1960s (blown vessels with enamel decoration), work by other Czech artists during those decades, and contemporary Czech painted glass.
VHS.
DVD.
Event Notes:
Filmed during the 32nd annual Seminar on Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, October 17, 1992.
Contents:
Curator's choice / David Whitehouse (25 min.) / Jane Spillman (17 min.) / Susanne Frantz (13 min.)
