Dancing Figure Goblet
Artist
William Bernstein
(American, born 1945)
CultureAmerican
Date1990
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated in diamond point.
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Daniels, Jr., in honor of Ruth Aunspaugh Daniels
Object number90.66A
Not on view
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. Female figure-cylindrical knop. Flattish billowing skirt with diagonal white stripes. For other examples of the artist's work see 88.80 & 88.81.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 90.66a 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.