"Zodiac" Bowl

Arts of the Americas

1937

Sidney Waugh (American, 1904–1963)
Engraved by Joseph Libisch (American, born Austria-Hungary, b. Croatia, 1886–1964)
Steuben Division, Corning Glass Works (American, 1903–2008)
Corning, New York

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.”

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Sidney Waugh
Title: "Zodiac" Bowl
Place: Corning (Object made for)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1937
Medium: Glass
Inscriptions: Signed exterior rim, in diamond stylus script: Sidney Waugh Steuben 1937 J.Libisch
Dimensions: 40.4 × 40.7 × 6.6 cm (15 15/16 × 16 1/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Smith Jr.
Reference Number: 1950.1160

Masterpieces in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1952).
Paul N. Perrot, Paul V. Gardner and James S. Plaut, Steuben: Seventy Years of American Glassmaking, exh. cat. (New York and Washington, DC: 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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