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Dress Impression with Train

Dress Impression with Train

Artist: Karen LaMonte (American, born 1967)
Date: 2005 (design), 2007 (casting)
Dimensions:
H: 58 ¼ in. (148 cm); W: 22 ½ in. (57 cm); Depth: 43¼ in. (110 cm)
Medium: Hollow female sculpture cast in colorless soda-lime glass in four pieces (upper torso, lower torso, skirt, and train); sandblasted and acid polished. The cast rose/knot is adhered with silicone glue.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number: 2008.148
Description

After making a plaster imprint of a nude model, she makes several wax negatives and positives before putting the clothing on a final rubber replica and making the mouId for the actual sculpture.
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