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Object NameLeaded Glass Panel

Maker Robert Sowers (American, 1923-1990)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, lead cane

Date1972

Techniquecut glass, leaded, assembled

Size(Frame) H: 81.3 cm, W: 43 cm, Th: .9 cm

Accession Number92.4.137

Credit LineGift Judi Jordan

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless (heavily seeded), translucent white (heavily seeded), transparent orange (light and dark), amethyst, red, gray, opaque black non-lead glasses; Antique and Cathedral glass, lead cane, glass lenses, metal channel frame; cut glass, leaded, assembled. Vertical rectangular panel with abstract geometric design of rectangles, squares, circles and irregular sections; four large colorless lenses (one backed with an opaque reflective surface) are scattered vertically towards left side of panel front; background comprised of large rectangular sections of black, gray, orange, colorless and white, with a few smaller irregular pieces background pieces; towards center base is compact section of four short horizontal rows of six small lenses each in red, amethyst and two cobalt; straight horizontal band of colorless with overall minute bubbles across base.
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