Free Glass
Sculpture
1981 (made)
1981 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Blown glass sculpture of clear, white, blue and green glass. Light bulb-shaped body with a disc of glass attached just below the top of the sculpture. Designed with a circle of cased glass containing blue green and white glass that has been trailed and combed and attached to the body giving it a cycloptic appearance. The upper third of the body is white glass.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Free Glass (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, blown, trailed, combed |
| Brief description | Sculpture, glass, Sybren Valkema, Netherlands, 1981. |
| Physical description | Blown glass sculpture of clear, white, blue and green glass. Light bulb-shaped body with a disc of glass attached just below the top of the sculpture. Designed with a circle of cased glass containing blue green and white glass that has been trailed and combed and attached to the body giving it a cycloptic appearance. The upper third of the body is white glass. |
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| Gallery label |
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| Bibliographic reference | See subject information file for details of blowing process and photographs of the artist |
| Other number | 9778 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.99-1982 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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