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Macbeth

Object NameSculpture

Designer Eric Hilton (British, b. Scotland 1937)

Engraver Lubomir Richter (b. Czechoslovakia, 1936)

Manufacturer Steuben Glass, Inc. (1903-)

Made FromGlass, Granite, Felt

Date1990

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCast, copper-wheel engraved, assembled

Size(a-d) Sculpture H: 28 cm, W: 40.5 cm, D: 16.3 cm

Accession Number2016.4.43

Credit LineGift of Willson and Susan Craigie

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionSculpture, "Macbeth". Colorless glass, black granite; cast, copper-wheel engraved, assembled. Three-part glass sculpture interpreting the Scottish play, "Macbeth". (a) Colorless cast glass panel with one rounded edge. Panel copper-wheel engraved with image of the face of a man, Macbeth. (b) Colorless cast glass panel with one rounded edge. Panel copper-wheel engraved with image of a man, Duncan I, wearing a crown. A dagger is engraved on the front of the panel creating an overall image of the king moments before being stabbed by the dagger. (c) Colorless cast glass pillar with impressed image of a dagger. (d) Rectangular black granite base with black felt applied to base and top. (e) Certificate of authenticity and black and white photograph in leather-bound, velvet-lined holder.
Provenance

Source Susan Craigie - 2014-10-01-2016-12-28
Collection of Willson and Susan Craigie, purchased 2014-10-1 from Liveauctioneers.com, Lot 0136, for $23,000. Base bears a stickers that reads “0481 Brielle Galleries/Macbeth/$42,000., ostensibly from Brielle Galleries in Brielle, New Jersey.

Source Willson Craigie - 2014-10-01-2016-12-28
Collection of Willson and Susan Craigie, purchased 2014-10-1 from Liveauctioneers.com, Lot 0136, for $23,000. Base bears a stickers that reads “0481 Brielle Galleries/Macbeth/$42,000., ostensibly from Brielle Galleries in Brielle, New Jersey.