Topic: Glass sculpture of Young Girl

[fattystratty1]

I bought this sculpture the other day at a car boot sale for £50. I kept going past the seller, and everytime i went by he was talking to someone new about the object. I think the price tag was putting people off so i caved in and bought it myself. The seller told me that he bought it in New York in the 80's.  He thought it was a picture of a young girl from Hiroshima. The sculpture weighs just under 4kilos and is 21cm across.He told me that he believed that there is a drip signature on the top, but I'm not sure this is a signature . I would love to find out if any of the members have any ideas who the artist could be. Henry

[antiquerose123]

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I am not sure, wonder if it is called a Half sphere, or dome shaped?  Is it a Paperweight? 

Is the Girl *frightened, or is that just what I think it looks like to me.......as I could be Blind 

 :thup:

[flying free]

I'm sorry I can't help you with id'ing this, but I just wanted to say I think it is a very beautiful piece, very evocative, and had I seen it I too would have caved in and bought it.  I'm interested to know how the design was done and I will have a search around the net to see if I can add anything at all.  Do you know anymore about where he bought it?  who from?  shop or designer for example?
m

[Max]

I wondered if it was made for an anniversary of Hiroshima.  The 50th anniversay was 1995, so the 40th would be 1985...couldn't find anything on Google though.  It does have the look of a 1980s piece and looks like it's from a small studio.  It's a big shame there's no signature, because I'd have expected one to be honest.  I know it's a silly thing to ask, but are you quite sure there's nothing on the underside somewhere?  Good luck!

[fattystratty1]

Thanks M and Max for your replies. The dealer who I bought this piece off told me that he bought the sculpture in New york in the 80's. He informed that it has a drip signature which it may, something is there but i don't know if it is a signature or what was left after the glass was poured into a bowl.  Looks to me that the piece has been made in four stages. The first one was the background. then the mould was fill to halfway. The next stage is when the girl would of been painted and the last stage is when the bowl would of been filled up to the top.

Henry