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

Object NameGroucho Glass Panel
Artist Casey Lewis (b. 1946)
Made Fromnon-lead glass, lead came
Date1976
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 C
Credit LinePart gift of the artist, Casey Lewis
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
United States
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 A, 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: Groucho-double line of lead (inner painted pink, outer painted green), at the lower left corner the double line meets a length of single pink that runs from the base up 2/3 of the left side; a diamond-shaped section of sheet steel painted green (on front) extends out from the frame at the lower left corner, where one long side of diamond connects to the frame it faces the pink line and matches it in length; front, at lower right base of glass, engraved in script: "Lewis '76"; the name of each piece is written in pencil on reverse, at top right of inner frame; in pencil on reverse of green extension: "Light/so that/colored/lines/read--/hangs pcs./in any order - /together or/singly - separate/or in any combination/CL' below inscription are four small sketches of the panels.
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Object copyright© Casey Lewis