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Vase
Accession # 85.160.3
Maker Harry Bertoia
Title Vase
Date 1937-1938
Medium Brass, metal
Dimensions 9 3/4 x 4 x 2 7/8 in. (24.8 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm)
Marks no marks
Inscriptions no insccriptiions
Signed no signature
Credit Line H. Randolph Lever Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 17, Shelf L (Contemporary Design)
Description Vase, brass and other metal. Made from seven extruded brass tubes of varying diameters surrounding a wide center tube. All tubes the same height. The spaces between the tubes filled with unknown white metal. The bottom fitted with a brass plate of conforming shape. CONDITION: Considerable surface wear including scratches, old fingerprints and tarnish. Polish (?) build-up on all surfaces where tubes meet. Numerous minor gouges to base.