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Sculpture of a Tiger

Manufacturer Mazzega or Ermanno Nason Vetri d'Arte (Italian)
Date1952-1962
DimensionsL: 20 in. (50.8 cm) (dealer)
MediumColorless and opaque black glass; applied, hot-worked; with gold foil.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2006.176
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3
Published ReferencesChristie's London, 21/21-Historical Design 21 Years for the 21st Century, December 19, 2006, lot 573.

Ercole Barovier 1889-1974: Vetraio Muranese, Venice, 1989, pp. 43-44 (for an image of a related model).

L'Arte dei Barovier: Vetrai di Murano 1966-1972, Venice, 1993, pp. 22-23 and 110-111 (for an image of a related model).

Comparative ReferencesSee also M. Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano: 1910-1970, Stuttgart, 1993, pp. 42 and 53 for illustrations of other glass animal figures by Ercole Barovier.

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