The Great Bend
Object NameReverse painting
Made FromGlass
Date1860-1920
Place Madeprobably United States; possibly England
TechniqueBlown glass; oil paint; mother of pearl
Size(Frame): 43.5 x 84.5 cm; (glass): 34.6 x 75.3 cm
Accession Number64.4.107
Credit LineGift of Col. and Mrs. Edgar William Garbisch
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown glass; oil paint, mother-of- pearl. Rectangle; landscape with green hills and a pink/blue sky; water visible at center; foreground has a loop of railroad track with a train coming from the right; buildings near the trail at left center. Iridescent flakes of mother-of-pearl are randomly distributed in the hills at left, the track at bottom and right and in the lower corner. Frame: ogee contoured bird's-eye maple.Provenance
Source
Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
(1907-1979) - 1964-10-23
Source
Colonel Edgar William Garbisch
(1899-1979) - 1964-10-23
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