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sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Designer Monica Backström (Swedish, b. 1939)

Manufacturer Kosta Boda AB

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1985

Place MadeSweden

Techniquemold blown, silvered, ground, polished

SizeH: 39 cm, D: 38.5 cm

Accession Number90.3.26

Credit LineGift of Kosta Boda AB

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent amethyst, cobalt, yellow, amber non-lead glass; mold blown, silvered, ground, polished. Large conical sculpture consisting of six graduated interlocking double-walled flanged circular sections, each section of transparent glass; four have been silvered to give mirror appearance (from top to bottom: colorless (mirrored), amethyst (mirrored), cobalt, yellow-green (mirrored), orange, colorless (mirrored); silvering is backed with orange protective coating; flange of each section ground and polished flat; inscribed in script on base rim of largest section (silver): "Atelier Kosta Boda M. Backström N. 206851636"; black type on acetate label: "KOSTA BODA/ SINCE 1742".
Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB