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The Marx Brothers: Zeppo, Harpo, Groucho, and Chico

Object NameZeppo Glass Panel

Artist Casey Lewis (b. 1946)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, lead came

Date1976

Place MadeUnited States

Size(A) H: 67.5 cm, W: 67.1 cm; (B) H: 67.4 cm, W: 87.2 cm; (C) H: 67.3 cm, W: 87.4 cm; (D) H: 67.5 cm, W: 67.3 cm

Accession Number96.4.42 A

Credit LinePart gift of the artist, Casey Lewis

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent gray, opaque purple non-lead sheet glass, opaque yellow, pink, lavender, red, green paints (automobile primer on lead came and steel frames), lead came, zinc came; cut, assembled, painted lead lines, welded, ground, and painted steel, assembled. Square panel that hangs together with 96.4.42 B-D as one composition, each with a non-identical format of a roughly circular, but always asymmetrical, wide painted (gray on the reverse) lead came line that connects the gray glass sections and touches the perimeter of each side of yellow frame to varying degrees; each panel is enclosed by a metal frame painted gray that is screwed into a steel "L" frame painted yellow: Zeppo--lead line (painted pink) is almost circular-somewhat pear-shaped, at base it makes a small half-circle and touches the center base edge at two points; front, at lower right base of glass, engraved in script: "Lewis '76"; the name of the piece is written in pencil on reverse, at top right of inner frame.
Provenance

Source Casey Lewis (b. 1946) - 1996-01-15