Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Italian, born Austria, 1917–2007). <em>Vase</em>, 1979. Black and blue glass, 16 1/8 x 8 11/16 x 3 11/16 in. (41 x 22.1 x 9.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Modernism Benefit Fund, 1996.131.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1996.131.1.jpg)

Vase

Artist:Ettore Sottsass Jr.Fontana Arte

Medium: Black and blue glass

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Dates:1979

Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 8 11/16 x 3 11/16 in. (41 x 22.1 x 9.4 cm)

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Accession Number: 1996.131.1

Image: CUR.1996.131.1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
A tall and narrow square vessal comprised of four thick beveled blue glass pieces with four thick, beveled peach glass semi-circle forms attached on opposing sides at the center of the vessal's height and with eight thick, beveled smoke glass right triangle-shaped pieces also on opposing sides above and below the semi-circles that form right angles with the top and bottom of the vessal supported on a thick beleveled smoke glass rectangular base

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