sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Artist Don Shepherd (American, 1930-2002)

Assistant Shorty Finley

Made FromGlass

Date1981

TechniqueBlown, with copper metal inclusions; sandblasted

SizeH: 39 cm, W: 18.3 cm

Accession Number81.4.121

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionGreen tinted transparent glass; blown, with copper metal inclusions; sandblasted; cemented to base. Head shape with sandblasted opening in top; matte sandblasted surface with smooth sections that reveal internal inclusions of oxidized copper sheets and wires representing eyes, nose, mouth, and, perhaps, brain; copper wire breaks through to surface near neck; on rectangular glass base with beveled edges; signed on edge of base: " 81" and under base "Don Sheperd 1981 (blown by "Shorty" [Finley])".
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