Cut Object IV

Object NameSculpture

Artist Bretislav Novák Sr. (Czech, 1913-1982)

Made FromGlass

Date1976

TechniqueBlown, cut, abraded, acid-etched

SizeOverall H: 26.3 cm, W: 17.6 cm, D: 20.9 cm

Accession Number79.3.10

Credit LineGift of Art Centrum

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Czechoslovakia

Physical DescriptionSculpture, "Cut Object IV". Transparent light green glass; blown, cut, abraded, acid-etched. Sculpture: hollow, partly enclosing cylindrical space, as if cut from tube. One piece of glass with two edges, each with sigmoid curve, which meet at points; one point turned upward, the other downward; object rests on downward-turned point and opposing part of edge, axis tilted to one side. Edges and outer surface abraded and acid-etched.
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