Disque Applati

Object NameVase

Artist Claude Monod (French, b. 1944)

Made FromGlass, enamels, fiberglass

Date1985

Place MadeFrance, Le Broc

Techniqueblown

SizeOverall H: 12.1 cm, W: 13.6 cm

Accession Number85.3.67

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis fur moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa, 1985

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Not On View

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).
Provenance

Source Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg - 1985-07-23