In-Forming

Object NameLeaded Glass Panel

Maker Robert Sowers (American, 1923-1990)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, lead cane

Date1972

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquecut glass, leaded, assembled

SizeH: 76.7 cm, W: 45.3 cm

Accession Number92.4.139

Credit LineGift Judi Jordan

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Robert Sowers: Stained Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent white, transparent amethyst, red, cobalt, opaque black, striated opal/red "X" tiles, colorless and transparent pink lenses; Antique and Cathedral glass, glass lenses, striated "X" tiles, lead cane, metal channel frame; cut glass, leaded, assembled. Tall vertical panel with symmetrical abstract design of squares, rectangles and circles; upper half has pair of large long vertical amethyst rectangles flanking central section of alternating horizontal bars of black and translucent white separated by narrow bands of red, lowest band of red has center red circle, from this point (approximately half-way) downward design consists of grid of small rectangles, circles, lenses and "X" tiles, in slightly asymmetrical pattern; bottom corners filled with black rectangles; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Judi Jordan Sowers