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sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Designer Kathleen Mulcahy (American, b.1950)

Maker Ron Desmett (American, 1948-2016)

Made Fromlead and non-lead glass

Date1992

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquefused in a mold, blown

SizeH: 79.5 cm, D: 25 cm

Accession Number93.4.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Kathleen Mulcahy 1992: Artist of the Year

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, shades of translucent and transparent green lead and non-lead glasses; base form was made by throwing clay on a potters wheel to form a cone with deep ridges, a plaster mold was made using 50 Hydrocal, 50 silica sand, 5% glass fibers, green glass cullet was poured into the mold and fused in a kiln; blown and hand-formed section of transparent green overlaid with colorless; sections adhered together. Vertical sculpture with solid cast "pot" in conical shape with deep ring ridges, pot has semi-opaque mottled green appearance with traces of white mold material; extending vertically from slightly off center of "pot" top surface is an elongated blown bubble with multiple slight lobes; no pontil; inscribed in script at edge of pot top surface near applied bubble: "Kathleen Mulcahy".
Provenance

Source Kathleen Mulcahy (American, b.1950) - 1993-01-12