Le Jardin des Hespérides (The Garden of Hesperides) Vase
Maker and role
Artist: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, French, 1885-1953
Year
1926
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Pâte-de-verre
Measurements
height, 9 3/8in (23.8cm)
Credit line
Jeanne and Irving Mathews Collection of Art Glass
Accession number
2011.84
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Department
Location
Further information
In Greek mythology, Hersperides are the nymphs of evening and the golden light of sunset.
Documentation
G. Argy-Rousseau: Glassware as Art: with a Catalogue Raisonné of the Pâtes de Verre; Janine Bloch-Dermant, Yves Delaborde; 1991; 26.01
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