sculpture

Object NameFish Sculpture

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker James A. Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1979

Techniquehot-formed

SizeOverall H: 21.3 cm, W: 23.3 cm, D: 5.5 cm

Accession Number88.4.62

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; hot-formed. Solid tooled fish with flat circular body, applied dorsal fin, eyes, tooled forward gill and open mouth; fish rests on tips of two applied tall front fins and lower tip of large notched tail formed from same piece of glass as body; acetate tape on body reads in ink: "L-9 1/4"/H- 8 1/4:/ 3 1/2 lb."; unsigned.
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