Solar Riser Series #LH4

Object NameSculpture

Maker Tom Patti (American, b. 1943)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1978

TechniqueHeat-formed, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 14.1 cm, W: 7.6 cm, D: 5.7 cm

Accession Number79.4.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Eloquent Object

Place Made

United States, MA, Savoy

Physical DescriptionTransparent natural blue-green-grey non-lead glass; heat-formed, ground, polished. Small vertical shape vessel, comprised of five laminated rectangular pieces of sheet glass (alternating three wide/three narrow-leaving three flanges on each side); narrow raised circular opening with ground and polished rim; bubble has been blown into top third of form causing walls to distort and swell slightly; base ground and polished flat; inscribed in script near base, left: "Patti 1978".
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