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Object Name3 Jars with covers

Artist Philip Baldwin (American, b. 1947)

Artist Monica Guggisberg (Swiss, b. 1955)

Made FromGlass

Date1982-1983

Place MadeSwitzerland

TechniqueBlown; rims finished at glory hole

Size(A) H: (a) 17.9, (b) 8.6, (a&b) 23.4 cm, D: (a) 13.5 cm, (b) 12.4 cm; (B) H: (a) 5.5 cm, see index sheet for complete

Accession Number84.3.264

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (David Bernstein Gallery)

Title Unknown (Galerie Kara)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent to transparent white with pink blush, translucent to transparent red or reddish-orange glasses; blown; rims finished at glory hole. A. (a) Jar with (b) cover. Jar: white at top, shading into colorless at bottom; rim everted and folded inward and slightly downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall descends in concave curve, tapering and curving in at bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "B/G '82/ NONFOUX". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with narrow flat top, and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression; B. (a) jar with (b) cover. Jar: white; rim everted and folded inward and slightly downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall descends and curves in at bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "B/G '83/ NONFOUX". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with rounded top and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with short, tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression; C. (a) Jar with (b) cover. Jar: white; rim everted and folded inward and downward with plain lip and rounded outer edge; wall curves inward to bottom; base plain with low kick; pontil mark. Signature scratched on underside of base with diamond point; two lines: "NONFOUX/ B/G '83". (b) Cover: red; hollow "mushroom-shaped" domed form with rounded top and convex side which curves sharply in at bottom and the splays to merge with short, tapering bottom rim; rounded lip; pontil mark on top of dome removed by grinding and polishing, leaving shallow depression.
Provenance

Source Philip Baldwin (American, b. 1947) - 1984-05-04