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sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Maker Kosta Glasbruk AB

Maker Viktor (Vicke) Emanuel Lindstrand (Swedish, 1904-1983)

Made Fromlead glass, wooden base

Dateabout 1958

Place MadeSweden

Techniqueblown using latticino technique, manipulated

Accession Number58.3.57

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent cobalt and pale green cased in colorless lead glass; blown using latticino technique, manipulated while hot, cut, polished, adhered to base. Tall vertical narrow sculpture of abstracted bird formed of solid glass; vertical line of sculpture extends downward from pulled pointed beak flowing into elongated neck with slight swelling for head, arched and curved body with internal latticino decoration, one side of body deeply notched by a cut extending to narrow base; solid square wooden base with beveled edges, painted black; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Bonnier's Inc. - 1957-06-27