Still Waters
Sculpture
1936 (made)
1936 (made)
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Sculpture, cullet, sand-blasted glass. 'Cullet' is the waste from the molten glass process, and this piece has been sand-blasted decoration in the form of fish.
Object details
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| Title | Still Waters (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Cullet glass, sand-blasted |
| Brief description | Sculpture, glass, in the form of a fish, selected and decoration designed by Sigmund Pollitzer, at Pilkingtons Ltd, Britain (St Helens), 1936 |
| Physical description | Sculpture, cullet, sand-blasted glass. 'Cullet' is the waste from the molten glass process, and this piece has been sand-blasted decoration in the form of fish. |
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| Object history | Sigmund Pollitzer was chief designer at Pilkingtons from 1933 to 1938 and was responsible for decorative glass features in a number of prestigious interiors from international exhibitions to the 'Queen Mary'. He was also interested in individual art works as in this sculpture. 'Cullet' is the waste from the molten glass process. Pollitzer selected this massive chunk of cullet and, treating it as a 'ready-made' sculptural form reminiscent of watery depths , he has sand-blasted decoration in the form of fish. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Pinkham, Roger, Thirties cat., V&A/Arts Council
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| Other number | 7594 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.126-1978 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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