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Image of Moon and Palms on Blue (PWV 172)

Photo Credit: Steve Mann

Artist
Mark Peiser (Primary)
Title

Moon and Palms on Blue (PWV 172)

Date
1979
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Blown glass with torch-worked cane drawn imagery and gold foil
Technique
Blown, cased, polished, drawn, and torch-worked
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Style
Studio Glass
Object Type
Glass
Credit Line
Gift from the James & Judith Moore Glass and Craft Collection
Accession Number
2020.26.05
Copyright
In Copyright
© Mark Peiser
Description

Large bluish clear ovoidal glass vase with palm trees, sand, and moon.

Paperweight Vases [PWV] series (1975-1981) is described by the artist as the development of torch working techniques to create more detailed imagery and perspectives. This body of work portrays natural subjects and landscapes, and urban and interior views.

Label History

Mark Peiser Born Chicago, IL 1938 Moon and Palms on Blue (PWV 172), 1979 Paperweight Vase series (1975–1981) Blown and torch-worked glass Promised gift from the James & Judith Moore Glass and Craft Collection, EL2019.05.06

Exhibition Title: 50 Years of Western North Carolina Glass
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Object Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Keywords
paperweights

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