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Object NameVessel

Artist Richard Craig Meitner (American, b. 1949)

Assistant Mieke Groot (Dutch, b. 1949)

Made FromSoda-lime Glass, Enamel

Date1984

Place MadeNetherlands, Amsterdam

TechniqueBlown, fumed, enameled

SizeOverall H: 30.7 cm, W: 19.2 cm

Accession Number84.3.47

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless soda-lime glass; blown, enameled, fumed. Flattened cylindrical shape; rounded rim; enameled decoration on opposing exterior surfaces gives trompe l'oeil impression of a bowl in full round (in pale blue-green with white rim) and of a rod setting in the bowl with rounded yellow top, green center and red bottom; cylindrical shape at base is strongly flattened at top of vessel; rough pontil mark on base; signed on base "R. Meitner 84". The correct orientation for display is to look through the glass at the enameled design.
Provenance

Source Habatat Galleries Inc. - 1984-04-24