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Light and Shadow

Object NameGlass Assemblage

Artist Fredrica H. Fields (American, 1912-1992)

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1957

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueengraved, assembled

SizeH: 92 cm, W: 67.4 cm, D: 32.5 cm

Accession Number89.4.58

Credit LineGift of Fredrica H. Fields

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Concordia College)

Title Unknown (First Presbyterian Church)

Title Unknown (YWCA)

International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent amber, pale yellow, green, cobalt non-lead glass and colorless glass rods, engraved black and white flashed on colorless glasses, multi-colored translucent and colorless glass rods, colorless shaft glass, strips of black lace, painted hardwood box, electrical lighting; layers of colorless glass sandwiching sheets of engraved flashed glass, lace and rods; assembled within non-removable wooden frame, no space between layers, no adhesive. Large deep vertical rectangular wooden box with molding and wide inset border, painted dark gray; bands of lace and layer of vertical rods create abstract vertical and diagonal bar pattern; pair of painted metal handles screwed to opposite sides of box, hanging device on back; small holes drilled in back of frame for ventilation; attached brass plaque on lower front of box, inscribed: "FREDRICA H. FIELDS".
Provenance

Source Fredrica H. Fields (American, 1912-1992)