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

Dancing Figure Goblet

Artist William Bernstein (American, born 1945)

CultureAmerican

Date1990

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Base: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated in diamond point.

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Daniels, Jr., in honor of Ruth Aunspaugh Daniels

Object number90.66B

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DescriptionOne of three dancing figure goblets of furnace blown & hot tooled charcoal gray/black, slightly iridescent glass. With cane drawing in white applied hot, conical bowl. Curved arms & high domed feet. Male figure-large irregular knop surmounted by figure's right "foot", left leg raised forward, white-striped trousers.

Label TextWilliam Bernstein American (b. 1945) Dancing Figure Goblets, 1990 Blown glass with cane drawing Gift of Mr. and Mrs Frank A. Daniels in memory of Rith Aunspaugh Daniels 90.66B Edited By: KML Edited Date: 02/13/2006Exhibition History"STUDIO GLASS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16-November 13, 1994 Published ReferencesNORTH CAROLINA GLASS '90, (Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolina U., 1990), pg. 7. Frantz, CONTEMPORARY GLASS, 111 & 113. CONTEMPORARY GLASS: VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA ARTISTS, (Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum, 1979), n.p. "Studio Glass from the Permanent Collection, Opening in the Decorative Arts Gallery - June 16 through October 9, 1994", The Chrysler Museum BULLETIN, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 1994), ill. p. 6.