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sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Artist Raoul Goldoni (Yugoslavian (Croatian), 1919-1983)

Made FromGlass

Date1970

TechniqueFormed hot, cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 11.8 cm, W: 16.3 cm, D: 15.4 cm

Accession Number81.3.37

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

Harvey Littleton and Raoul Goldoni, Masters of Light, Volume, and Space

Place Made

Italy, Venice, Murano

Physical DescriptionColorless glass encasing amber and pale blue or green tinted glass; multiple gathers and metallic (silver nitrate?) 'veils'; formed hot, cut and polished. Ovoid shape resembles human skull; "Brain" represented by interior amber and pale blue or green tinted gather with numerous cords encasing ovoid shape bubble; colorless glass gather encases 'brain' structure and has iridescent 'veiled' surface; separate gathers of colorless glass represent eyes, bubbles depict teeth, nostrils, and the symmetrical division of the brain; entire structure again cased in colorless glass; the left eye socket deeply cut and polished; signed on base "R. Goldoni/70".
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