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Artist Frances Stewart Higgins (American, 1912-2004)

Date1994

Dimensions31 1/2 × 28 1/2 × 1/4 in. (80 × 72.4 × 0.6 cm)

MediumPolychrome translucent plate glass; cut and fused in a kiln, copper rings fused into the glass, assembled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Tom Marino

Object number

2016.211

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesJohnson, Donald-Brian, and Leslie Pine. Higgins: Poetry in Glass, Atglen, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing, 2005.

Johnson, Donald-Brian, and Leslie A. Piña. Higgins: Adventures in Glass, Atglen, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing, 1997.

Oral History Interview with Frances Higgins, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, 2003.

http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-frances-higgins-12151 Koplos, Janet and Bruce Metcalf. A Little Glass, ”Makers: a History of American Studio Craft, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2010. p. 254.

Higgins Glass Studio: Handcrafted Glass Art. “History” http://www.higginsglass.com

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Hot Spot: Contemporary Glass from Private Collections, April 15-Sept. 18, 2016.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum, Fired Up: Women in Glass, Oct. 22, 2016-Feb. 26, 2017.