Bowl and Stand
Designer: Sidney Biehler Waugh (American, 1904-1963)
Manufacturer: Steuben Glass, Inc., Corning Glass Works (American, 1932-present)
Date: 1935
Dimensions:
H: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Rim Diam: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass; blown, cut, engraved
Place of Origin: Corning, New York
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of William E. Levis
Object number: 1936.36
Label Text:The Gazelle Bowl was the first major design in glass by young sculptor Sidney Biehler Waugh (1904–1963), who had recently become the principal designer for Steuben Glass. The glass used for this compact and robust sculptural work, with its purity and dazzling transparency, represented a technological breakthrough formulated by the chemists of Corning Glass Works (a division of Steuben Glass). The spherical bowl rising from the separate, angular base expresses the geometric contrasts characteristic of the Art Deco style.
The exhibition of Steuben glass mounted by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1936 included a Gazelle Bowl owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shortly thereafter, William E. Levis, president of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, acquired this example and presented it to the Toledo Museum.
The exhibition of Steuben glass mounted by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1936 included a Gazelle Bowl owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shortly thereafter, William E. Levis, president of Owens-Illinois Glass Company, acquired this example and presented it to the Toledo Museum.
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