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Object NameSculpture
Artist KéKé Cribbs (American, b. 1951)
Made FromPlate Glass, Paint, Lacquer, Wood
Date1988
Place MadeUnited States, MA, New Bedford
Techniquesandblasted, painted, lacquered
SizeOverall H: 125.6 cm, W (max): 27.8 cm, D (max): 17.5 cm
Accession Number2006.4.188
Credit LineGift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless plate glass; sandblasted; painted and lacquered board, copper metal, shell buttons. Large wooden sculpture in human form with brightly painted surfaces, a single purple eye and a square base. The center of the body is an intricately sandblasted plate glass panel with a scene of people. The glass insert is flanked at the top and bottom by a piece of copper metal and a total of seven shell buttons.
Provenance
Former Collection Habatat Galleries Inc. - 1988
Source Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family
Object copyright© Keke Cribbs
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