About the Artwork
Ruby Gold Synthesis
1988
Michael Glancy
born 1950
American
Unknown
Blown glass, plate glass, and electroformed copper
Overall (two pieces): 12 × 12 × 8 inches (30.5 × 30.5 × 20.3 cm)
Glass
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Collection
1996.112
Courtesy of the artist
Markings
Signed: Michael Glancy
Inscribed, dated, titled, bottom of vessel: 1988 Ruby Gold Synthesis [symbol of connected m & g]
Provenance
1996-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Courtesy of the artist
Michael Glancy, Ruby Gold Synthesis, 1988, blown glass, plate glass, and electroformed copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Collection, 1996.112.
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