stained glass

Object NameLeaded Glass Panel

Maker Robert Sowers (American, 1923-1990)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1973

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecut, leaded

SizeH: 80.4 cm, W: 43.3 cm

Accession Number90.4.121

Credit LineBequest of Robert Sowers Estate

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent non-lead sheet glass in olive-green, red, pink, blue-gray, translucent gray-blue and black; glass jewels in cobalt, amethyst, red; cut, leaded. Vertical rectangular leaded panel in abstract geometric pattern of squares and rectangles in various sizes; interspersed, with small round glass jewels and small red rectangles, with hemispherical indentations on back side; pyramidal faceting on the front; pattern from top of large black rectangle flanked by pair of green squares; mid-section comprised of multi-colored small sections, jewels, and prisms; lower third is symmetrical, with red square over a large pink rectangle flanked by pairs of green, red and white rectangles, which in turn are flanked by pairs of black rectangles over longer blue-gray rectangles; overall small seeds in sheet glass; panel framed in narrow metal channeling; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Robert Sowers (American, 1923-1990)