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Modern and Contemporary Craft: Selections from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection
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- Sale 6230
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 18 | 6:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6230
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$300 – $500
Blown glass
The footed mug iridescent partial glazing over pasta vitrea, signed to underside: "Newcomb 72"
The "Bug House" incised to underside: "T. Kekic 72"
The glass goblet incised to top of base: "Kekic 72"
Literature
Lee Nordness, Objects: USA, The Viking Press, New York, 1970, p. 165 (for a discussion of Kim Newcomb)
Artist Biographies
Thomas Kekic was born in 1943 and attended Kent State University. He received his MFA from the Pratt Institute. In the 1970s, he helped develop and was head of the glass department at RITs School for American Craftsmen. He participated in the renowned traveling 1973 exhibition "American Glass Now," which was shown at the Renwick Gallery, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the American Crafts Council, among other venues. He was owner and operator of Bristol Glassworks in Canandaigua, New York.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Property from the Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection
