The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Bowl: The Sleep of Nautilus

1940

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made at

Steuben Glass, Inc.

(America, est. 1903)

designed by

Salvador Dalí

(Spanish, 1904–1989)

Spain, 20th century

Glass

Diameter: 5.1 x 36.2 cm (2 x 14 1/4 in.); Overall: 35.6 x 15.9 cm (14 x 6 1/4 in.)

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1947.2607.a

© Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed: Gala Salvador Dalié 1940.

Steuben Glass, Inc.

founded in 1903 with F. Carder as manager and specializing in decorative pieces. It was absorbed by the Corning Glass Works in 1918. In 1933 the name was revived as a department of the Corning Corporation.
Provenance
(Steuben Glass, Inc., Corning, New York).
Exhibition history

Museum of the City of New York (11/7/2003 - 5/7/2004): "Glass & Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment; 1930-1960"

High Museum of Art (8/7/2010 - 1/9/2011): "Dalí: The Late Work", ex. cat. no. 44, p. 101.

Glass & Glamour: Steuben's Modern Moment; 1930-1960. Museum of the City of New York (organizer) (November 7, 2003-April 25, 2004).

Dalí: The Late Work. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (August 7, 2010-January 9, 2011).

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