Swimmer

Object NameVessel

Maker Stephen Dale Edwards (b. 1948)

Made FromGlass

Date1983

TechniqueBlown, internal sandblasted graal decoration, cut

SizeOverall H: 32.8 cm, L: 42.5

Accession Number83.4.29

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent amber glasses; blown, internal sandblasted graal decoration, cut, kiln-formed. Horizontal sculpture formed of a flat sheet of glass with fire polished edges loosely formed in an irregular "S"-curve, object rests on edge of one long side and is supported by the curve of the glass sheet; overall internal decoration of five amber stylized overlapping female figures in assorted positions with arced backs producing the impression of a "motion study" of a swimmer turning circles under water, one mottled amber patch within colorless background; figures are framed by strip borders along both long edges (one is a clearly defined undulating band, the other is irregular and mottled); scattered air traps; inscribed in script at base edge near one corner: "Stephen Dale Edward '83".
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