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Cactus Botanical with Bulbs and Spirits

Object NamePaperweight

Artist Paul Stankard (American, b. 1943)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1987

Place MadeUnited States, NJ, Mantua

TechniqueFlameworked and cased

SizeOverall H: 13.5 cm, W: 7.1 cm, L: 7 cm

Accession Number87.4.62

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight, "Cactus Botanical with Bulbs and Spirits". Colorless, green, white, purple, tan, yellow non-lead glasses; Flameworked and cased. Tall, solid object, with tapered straight rectangular sides and square top, rounded inward at the base; square bottom; enclosing a prickly pear cactus with blooms and fruit; emerging from a variegated "ground"; the root system with large tan balloon-like pods and figures of two people; below that, a variegated tan patch of ground, with two people and a cactus pad; inscribed on the sides (in script, vibrator tool) "Paul J. Stankard C50 1987".
Provenance

Source Leo Kaplan (d. 2013) - 1987-09-08