Plate-Object I

Object Name2-part Sculpture

Maker Frans W. Willebrands (b. 1953)

Made FromNon-lead Commercial Glass

Date1985

Place MadeNetherlands

TechniqueCut, slumped, sandblasted, ground, polished,

Size(a) D: 39.3 cm; (b) L: 63 cm

Accession Number86.3.15

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque black, translucent red non-lead glasses; cut, slumped, sandblasted, ground, polished, assembled. Circular with a transversing line; (a) opaque black circle of window glass slumped over a cement mold to produce overall surface of shallow ribbing, also a central, circular depression and a diagonally transversing "fold"; plate has been sandblasted to produce satin finish, edges ground and polished; signed on base "F.W.W. '85". (b) Solid, straight length of orange/red tubing with ends cut and polished at an angle, raised by two short lengths of same tubing inset slightly from each end and adhered to long length; tube section sits underneath (a), fitting into transversing "fold".
Provenance

Source Frans W. Willebrands (b. 1953) - 1986-04-02