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Posts Tagged ‘Notable Acquisitions’

  • July 27, 2016
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Notable Acquisitions: Four Figures Chandelier

The sculptor and designer Dan Dailey begins all of his creations with a drawing. The four whimsical figures on this chandelier— two male and two female—seem to have leapt straight out of one such drawing. Dailey works with his multidisciplinary … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Recent Acquisitions
  • May 4, 2016
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Notable Acquisitions: Two-Handled Bowl and Wineglass

This two-handled bowl and wineglass are associated with the glasshouses set up by George Villiers (1628–1687), second duke of Buckingham. Both objects are products of English glassmaking endeavors of the late 17th century and reflect the stylistic influence of 17th-century … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Recent Acquisitions
  • March 30, 2016
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Notable Acquisition: The L. G. Wright Pressed Glass Archive

Lawrence Gale “Si” Wright (American, 1904–1969) started his career by selling a variety of products, but over time he was drawn to glass. By 1937, he was dealing almost exclusively in glass, and one year later he opened the L. … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Rakow Library, Recent Acquisitions
  • December 15, 2015
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Notable Acquisitions: Robert Kehlmann collection

Robert Kehlmann’s blocks of calligraphic lines and bands of gold in Millennium Byōbu II (1998) challenge our assumptions about traditional stained and architectural glass. This maquette, for a glass and mixed-media panel now at the Four Seasons Hotel in San … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Rakow Library, Recent Acquisitions
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