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Object NameSculpture

Artist Bonnie Biggs (American, b. 1951)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, polyvinyl

Date1983

TechniqueLayered safety glass, sandblasted, heat-treated

SizeH: 182.5 cm, W(max): 90.7 cm

Accession Number84.4.40

Credit LineGift of Anne and Ronald Abramson

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Helen Shlien Gallery)

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, ochre polyvinyl, black base, polyvinyl; layered safety glass, sandblasted, heat-treated and vacu-formed polyvinyl. Tall panel of two sandblasted layers of safety glass with linear negative drawing of a life-size female dressed in a bathing suit, submerged in water, her head and flowing hair bent to the side, resting on it is a three-dimensional "block" of polyvinyl emerging from the glass and giving the impression of weighing her down; panel sits on a horizontal painted wooden base and is displayed leaning at a slight angle against a wall; inscribed: "Bonnie/Biggs/1983".
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