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Specimen I: Pride

Object NameSculpture

Series

Seven Deadly Sins

Artist Karen LaMonte (American, b. 1967)

Made FromGlass, Metall, Acrylic, Wood, Gold Foil

Date1997

TechniqueHot-worked glass, assembled

SizeOverall H: 67.5 cm, Diam (max) 33.8 cm

Accession Number2023.4.1

Credit LineGift of the artist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States, NY, New York City

Physical DescriptionSculpture, "Specimen I: Pride" from the Seven Deadly Sins series. Cobalt blue, lighter blue, and colorless glass, metal wire and rods, colorless acrylic rod, wood, gold foil; hot-worked glass, assembled. (a) Wood base; (b) colorless acrylic support rod; (c) glass marionette figure; (d) colorless glass bell-shaped cover. Cobalt blue marionette-style figure (c) with lighter blue "lobster claw" hands and feet, cloudy colorless hair and articulated joints connected with metal wire and punched metal mounts attached to glass with glue. Metal rod running through torso connects head and body; molded silver metal mounts attached to base of head and upper neck. Metal wires connected to right wrist, left wrist, right knee, left knee, and three wires connected to left foot loop around arms of T-shaped metal cross bar mounted to top of head. T-shaped metal cross bar slides horizontally into top of colorless vertical acrylic pole (b) with black tape wrapped around base. Vertical acrylic support pole slides into 6 cm metal tube attached to circular turned wooden base (a); metal wire connected to top of wood base loops around back of T-shaped metal crossbar of marionette doll (c), stabilizing the figure. (d) Colorless glass bell-shaped cover with double ogee finial with three applied hot-worked curls; interior of finial contains gold foil.
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