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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Vessel from the Extra Large Evolution series
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vessel from the Extra Large Evolution series

Artist Noel Laue (American, born 1956)
CultureAmerican
Date1988
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Base: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
InscribedMark: engraved on bottom: "XLEV 13-SDCODH 20-45-8-3/NOEL LAUE 1988". "XLEV" stands for "Extra Large Evolution," per the artist.
PortfolioExtra Large Evolution Series
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number91.42
Not on view
DescriptionOvoid form with two large irregular openings extending from mouth three-quarters of the way down the sides and 3 smaller holes cut in sides. Blown colorless glass cased first with opaque white and then selectively cased with patches of green, orange, blue, and pink, and veins in black. Upper third and openings have been carved by sandblasting. Slight kick in bottom--edge ground.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
12th century A.D.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Santi di Tito
ca. 1560-75
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Quezal Art Glass & Decorating Co.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
4th or 5th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Steven M. Maslach
1986
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1902
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
artist supplied image
Thaddeus Wolfe
2022