Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Reclining Nude Paperweight

Artist Alfred Finot

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1920

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Base: 6 1/4 x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm)

InscribedIncised on side: "AWALTER/NANCY" and on other edge: "A. Finol" for sculptor.

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number71.6680

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionVide poche/sculpture of pate de verre. Nude lying with her head down and her hair flowing on a bed of yellow, tan and little green leaves. See Daum one, GEFD.82.8.

Label TextRECLINING NUDE PAPERWEIGHT Amalric Walter, Nancy, France Alfred Finot, Sculptor Ca. 1920 Pate de verre. Marks: incised behind figure A WALTER NANCY Incised near feet of figure A. Finot Gift: Jean Outland Chrysler Collection 71.6680Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesN. Daum, _La Pâte de Verre_, ill. 129. Susanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 20, fig. 20. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 135, fig. 167. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1