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Object NameMasked Dancer

Maker Lucio Bubacco (Italian, b. 1957)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1991

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

Techniqueflameworked

SizeOverall H: 11.9 cm, W: 6.6 cm, D: 3.4 cm

Accession Number91.3.71

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white, pink, and brown, transparent bluish gray, colorless glasses; flameworked. Fantastic dancer. Female, naked, with head of goat, long curving horns, neck and mane of horse, and human body and limbs; her arms are extended as if for balance; her left foot rests on solid, bluish gray, bell-shaped base and her right leg is raised in dance, extending in front of and across left leg; impressed on underside of base: "B L".
Provenance

Source Bubacco Lucio - 1991-09-24

Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1991-09-24