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In-Tense
In-Tense

In-Tense

Object NameLeaded Glass Panel
Maker Robert Sowers (American, 1923-1990)
Made Fromnon-lead glass, lead cane
Date1974
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquecut glass, leaded, assembled
Size(Frame) H: 75.2 cm, W: 45.3 cm
Accession Number92.4.138
Credit LineGift Judi Jordan
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Personal Visions / Silent Voices
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent red, cobalt, fuschia and amethyst, opal, opal striated with red, mirror; non-lead glass, glass lenses/prisms/tiles (striated red/opal in raised "X" form), lead cane, mirror, metal channel frame; cut glass, leaded, assembled. Vertical rectangular panel with abstract geometric design of rectangles, squares and circles; three main sections: Top-two large red vertical triangles flanking central section in cross-shaped pattern comprised of five medium-sized red-pink lenses alternating with four tiles with raised "X" over row of five small opal tiles; mid section is five horizontal rows of small square red lenses and opalescent tiles with scattering of cobalt circles and squares; third section/lower half of panel consists of vertical row of red, amethyst and mirrow on top of row of four opalescent squares, on top of three "X" tiles, on top of four large lenses (three colorless, one opalescent), on top of bottom row of red, colorless and black vertical stripes; overall scattered gray background pieces; unsigned.
Provenance
Source Judi Jordan Sowers
In-Forming
Robert Sowers
1972
Auditorium and Tower Building
Louis Sullivan
1886-1889
cane
25 BCE-99 CE
Red One
Robert Sowers
1952
folding screen
John Moyr Smith
about 1875-1880