Tableau

Object Name2-part Sculpture

Maker Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Maker David P. Dowler (American, b. 1944)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1982

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueCast, cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 7 cm

Accession Number82.4.70

Credit LineGift of Steuben Glass, Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Inspirations Revisited: Honoring 30 Years of Creative Inspiration by David Dowler

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; cast, cut, polished (a) (Lower component) nearly square slab of glass with truncated pyramidal cross- section; upper surface matte with twelve raised pyramid forms distributed in alternating rows of twos and threes; grid structures of shallow lines are laid out at 45° angle to the square slab and also aligned with it; a pyramid is centered on every other point from which eight rays radiate; signed on base in script "Steuben/David P. Dowler". (b) (Upper component) square slab of glass with inverted truncated pyramidal cross section; lower surface matte with negative images of four complete and eight partial pyramid forms distributed in alternating rows as in (a), with grid structure as in (a); deep concave cut centered on top of slab frames the four central pyramids; (b) interlocks with (a) and sets on top of (a); unsigned.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903)