bowl

Object NameBowl

Artist Doug Anderson (American, b. 1953)

Made FromPate-de-verre

Date1982

Place MadeUnited States

TechniquePate de verre, cast

SizeH: 9.8 cm, D: 23 cm

Accession Number83.4.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBlue and green tinted pate-de-verre; cast. Bowl form with solid, flared pedestal foot; flat irregularly polished rim; fish molded, inside bowl, in full round appears to swim upright with lower portion of body fused to bottom of bowl; with black eyes, pectoral fins extended, and mouth open; two black spots, one above each pectoral fin; three fish are moulded on outside wall of bowl, each with open mouth; vein of black glass encircles the bowl running through the center of each fish; signed upside down above base: "anderson/82682".
Provenance

Source Doug Anderson (American, b. 1953) - 1982-09-23