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Fish

Artist Georges Despret (French, 1862-1952)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1906

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)

InscribedImpressed near bottom on wave: "Despret".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6354

Not on view

DescriptionPate de verre sculpture. Large rosy pink, almost mauve fish upright with the mouth open. Resting on a curved tail and simulated waves. Good condition. Duplicate, except for color, 71.6356. Also, one in Corning Collection in blues and greens.

Exhibition History"Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and its Origins," Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, March 28 - June 6, 1999; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 11 - November 7, 1999. Published ReferencesN. Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, ill. #94. Grover, CARVED AND DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS, pg. 119, pl. 191. H. Hilschenz-Mlynek-Ricke, GLAS, 139-143, #165. Helga Hilschenz, Catalog DAS GLAS DES JUGENDSTILS, (Dusseldorf), pp. 228-229, similar piece but with mound wave-like separate base. Karen S. Chambers and Tina Oldknow, CLEARLY INSPIRED CONTEMPORARY GLASS AND ITS ORIGINS, Tampa Museum of Art, (San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications Inc., 1999), p. 109.