Archangel Uriel

Object NamePlaque

Artist Edris (Edith Aline) Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1968

TechniqueKiln-formed, cast in cire perdue mold

SizeOverall H: 25.2 cm, W: 20.5 cm

Accession Number68.4.28

Credit LineGift of the artist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass

American Glass Art of the 1950's: A Forgotten Era

Decades in Glass: The 60's

Edris Eckhardt, Artist in Glass

Place Made

United States, OH, Cleveland

Physical DescriptionPlaque, "Archangel Uriel". Transparent blue, striated with colorless and transparent amber lead glasses; melted in a cire perdue mold of gypsum and flint. Thick rectangular panel with vertical format and semi-matte surface from mold; stylized head in high relief of a female (3/4 view) with flowing hair, neck emerges from lower left corner, head almost fills the composition format; edge of front surface has slightly raised rectangular border above beveled sides which end in undulating mold overflow; back side of panel is smooth; impressed in reverse in the mold: lower front left vertical edge in vertical configuration: "EDRIS"; lower right corner along base edge: "1968".
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