New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Sculpture

Artist Jon Kuhn (American, b. 1949)

CultureAmerican

Date1982

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (24.1 x 21.6 cm)
Thickness: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Wilkins

Object number83.118

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DescriptionSculpture of blown glass. Vessel shaped with one side open. Red & blue marbleized top. Bottom with various blue & green cane slices cased with colorless. Chemically treated in a furnace to give a ashen-mineral surface. Then, cut and polished flat, leaving indentation of ashen skin.

Exhibition HistoryInvitational Exhibition, Huntington Galleries, Aug-Oct 1982. Published ReferencesCatalogue, INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1982, pg. 7, cat. #32.