Woman Form Goblet

Cam Langley

1983

  • Titles Woman Form Goblet (Descriptive)
  • Artist Cam Langley, American, 1948 - 2013
  • Medium blown glass
  • Dimensions 11 x 2 3/4 in. Diam. (27.9 x 7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Anonymous gift, AFI.65.2011, image © Cam Langley
  • Work Type goblet
  • Classification Containers

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