Sidney Waugh (American, 1904–1963) Engraved by Joseph Libisch (American, born Austria-Hungary, now Croatia, 1886–1964) Steuben Division, Corning Glass Works (American, 1918–2008) Corning, New York
About this artwork
Sculptor Sidney Waugh joined Steuben as chief designer in 1933, creating such memorable designs as this bowl. It was made using copper-wheel engraving to produce the raised decorative effect for each of the 12 signs of the zodiac. Discussing Waugh’s work in a London exhibition of 1935, a critic for the Sunday Times wrote, “The work of Mr. Sidney Waugh attains a classic beauty and perfection quite unrivalled in contemporary glass engraving. His taste is unfailing as his line is exquisite, delicate, and expressive.”
Date
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Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Steuben Glass, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1938) n.p., cat. 2 (another version published).
Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1952).
Paul N. Perrot, Paul Vickers Gardner and James S. Plaut, Steuben: Seventy Years of American Glassmaking, exh. cat. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974), 76, no. 20 (ill.).
Toledo Museum of History and Technology, Steuben: Seventy Years of American Glassmaking, Nov. 17-Dec. 29, 1974; traveled to Washington, DC, National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 28–May 11, 1975; Corning, NY, The Corning Museum of Glass, June 1–Aug. 24, 1975; Art Institute of Chicago, Sep. 13–Oct 26, 1975; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Nov. 23, 1975–Jan. 11, 1976; Fort Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Feb. 12–Mar. 28, 1976; Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, May 3–June 6, 1976; Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, July 4–Aug. 15, 1976; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sept. 14–Oct. 24, 1976; MI, The Midland Center for the Arts, Dec. 6, 1976–Jan. 2, 1977, cat. 20 (Chicago; Minneapolis; Fort Worth, TX; Richmond, VA; Toronto; Boston; and Michigan only).
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Smith, Jr., New York, by May 11, 1949 [Incoming permanent receipt R9626, May
11, 1949; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago], 1950.
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