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Kinesthesis Series Vessel

Artist William Carlson (American, born 1950)
Date1980
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (15.2 x 10.5 x 14.9 cm)
MediumBlown and cast glass, sterling silver
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number
1991.113
Not on View
Label TextThe “mingling” of light and glass in Carlson’s sculptural vessel is manipulated by the angular form and the contrast of colorless transparent with agate-like mosaic glass.Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, Contemporary Artisans, William Carlson: Sculptural and Vessel Forms, 1980.

Toledo Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, 1993-1995, pl. 5, p. 27, cat. no. 12, p. 193.

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