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Object NameSculpture

Series

Pressed Gray

Artist Yoshihiko Takahashi (Japanese, b. 1958)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1984

Place MadeJapan, Kanagawa-ken, Tsukui

TechniqueCast, cut, sandblasted, laminated, blown, iridized, applied

SizeOverall H: 23.2 cm, W: 37.7 cm

Accession Number85.6.16

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Nordend Galerie)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBlack, opal and colorless non-lead glasses; cast, cut and sandblasted cylinders are laminated to blown, iridized center section with applied cane. Cylindrical with bulbous center resting on side; two colorless solid cylinders overlaid with opaque black area cut and sandblasted on one end forming an irregular broken looking matte surface while the other end is cut flat; each section is laminated to opposing necked areas of a blown and fumed opal bulbous central piece which has been intermittently decorated with hot applications of short pieces of twisted black and white cone; sculpture sits on an angle resting on a point of one of the black cylinders and one point of the bulbous center. Signed by edge of black extension "Y Takahashi 84".
Provenance

Source Yoshihiko Takahashi (Japanese, b. 1958) - 1985-04-08