Quartz Form II

Object NameSculpture

Maker Keith Cummings (b. 1940)

Made FromLead Glass, Bronze, Enamel, Metal Powder

Date1986

Place MadeEngland, West Midlands, Stourbridge

TechniqueCire Perdue Casting, Lustred, Enameled, Cut, Polished, Mounted

SizeOverall H: 11.4 cm, W: 11.9 cm, L: 35.8 cm

Accession Number87.2.4

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass with bluish pigmentation; cire perdue casting, lustred, enameled, cut, polished, mounted in cast patinated bronze. Tapered horizontal cone of glass with deeply pleated exterior, internal coloration and scattered seed bubbles; wrapped in bronze skin where pleats extend in points at both ends, piece rests on pleats; broad end of cone cut and polished at an angle allowing view into solid interior; inscribed on bronze: "K CUMMINGS '86".
Provenance

Source Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd - 1987-01-27