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Object NamePlatter

Series

Squares in Progress

Artist Mark Russell Jr. (b. 1951)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1984

Techniqueblown, sandblasted, iridized, fused

SizeH: 5.9 cm, D: 44 cm

Accession Number86.4.201

Credit LineGift of Mark Russell Glassworks

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass flashed in transparent amber, applied multicolored elements, iridization; blown, sandblasted, iridized, fused. Circular platter with wide flat rim and narrow dished center; overall sandblasting on all surfaces leaving scattered geometric "windows" in varying sizes through the amber flashing; each window has been framed with a raised, sandblasted frame, with overlapped corners; overall tightly sandblasted small lines; entire top surface has been heavily iridized and then covered and fused with scattering of small, raised, geometric, multicolored shapes (spheres, rods, squares, triangles and rectangles); narrow base with ground pontil; inscribed in script on underside in a non-sandblasted shape "Mark Russell/1984/Squares in/Progress Series".
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