Pendant

William Spratling

1931-1945

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Quilt, "Wild Goose Chase" pattern, Mary Ann Rouse Thomas, cotton
Wine goblet with bowl of reddish-pink glass that fades toward the stem, with slight fluting and a series of black dots that become more elongated as they near the stem, the stem green-blue and the round foot of clear glass, the overall effect resembles a watermelon.
Tall, glass wine goblet with a purple bowl, fluted and with applied opaque white glass that forms a cloudy, speckled surface within the flutes, the white extends to the stem, forming threads in a lattice-like pattern in the clear glass, the round foot likewise of clear glass.
Fragments of the Statue of Liberty are shown on four consecutive frames on a strip of film at the center of the composition; the French flag is presented on the bottom left and the upper right; the American flag is presented on the bottom right and upper left.