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Guardian Angel

Object NameHanging assemblage

Maker Karin Stockle-Krumbein (b. 1939)

Made Fromglass, wire, wooden dowel

Date1988

Place MadeFederal Republic of Germany

Techniquecut, copper-wheel engraved, assembled

SizeH: 52 cm, W: 26 cm

Accession Number88.3.52

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent amber glass, wire, wooden dowel; found glass is cut, copper-wheel engraved, assembled. Small, rough, assemblage consisting of a bent length of wire wrapped around two notched ends of a short wooden dowel; from ends of dowel hang two short pieces of wire of uneven length that are attached to two holes cut through opposite tips of a wide pair of connected wings with engraved stylized radiating feathers; at juncture of wings is a cut slit from which are wired a pair of cut-out amber legs and a pair of arms and hands, overall matte engraving; hands are drilled and to them are wired a cut-out, stylized amber head laying on its side, wired to that is a colorless crown; all glass is engraved on both sides; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz