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Flacon I

Date1989
MediumCast glass, brass, gold leaf, pigmented waxes
ClassificationsGlass
Dimensions50 x 15 x 9 in.
127.0 x 38.1 x 22.9 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation Fund, with funds from Marvin and Betty Danto, Mrs. William B. Giles in memory of her husband, Modern Decorative Arts Group, Dorothy and Byron Gerson, and Jean Sosin
Object number1990.15
DescriptionLarge cast-glass piece in a flattened torpedo shape. The surface is pitted with intentional scratches and bumps over which gold-leaf and pigmented wax rubbings appear mottled.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 4, Modern Art, Gallery 7
ProvenanceCharles Cowles Gallery, Inc., NY; the artist