Disque Applati

Object NameVase

Artist Claude Monod (French, b. 1944)

Made FromGlass, enamels, fiberglass

Date1985

Techniqueblown

SizeOverall H: 12.1 cm, W: 13.6 cm

Accession Number85.3.67

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis fur moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa, 1985

Place Made

France, Le Broc

Physical DescriptionVase, "Disque Applati". Colorless with opaque black, red, gold and opal non-lead glasses; blown, applied cane drawing, furnace-worked and cased. Heavy-walled flattened disc shape with narrow circular flush opening; opaque black interior "pocket" thickly cased in colorless then overlaid on two broad sides with glass inclusions, enamels and fiberglass textile fragments producing a dichroic effect (gold in transmitted light, opal in reflected light), decoration then cased again in colorless; base ground flat with concave pontil; signed on base: "cl. monod 85.1.32" (year/month/number of piece).
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