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Untitled vase from the Painted Vessel Series
Chris Hawthorne (born in 1953)
1993
Object Place: Sixes River, Oregon, United States
Medium/Technique
Blown glass with gold and silver leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 43.2 × 36.8 × 29.2 cm (17 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Grace and Floyd Lee Bell Fund
Accession Number1994.226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionLarge vessel with slightly flaring, wavy lip. The overall shape is flattened, considerably wider than it is deep. Surface color is predominantly pink with red and gray tones. Irridescent elements, dark veining, and pieces of gold and silver leaf decorate the surface. Two large clear, undulating glass bands at the base and rim.
Signed
Signed on bottom "Hawthorne 1993 PV 301"
Provenance1994, purchased from Grohe Glass Gallery, Boston, MA , by MFA (Accession date: October 26, 1994).