City of Glass
Revel in Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano at the Carter. BY STEVE CARTER
Clockwise from above left: Attributed to Compagnia di Venezia e Murano (CVM) manufacturer, Vase with Dolphins and Flowers, ca. 1880s—’90s, blown and applied hot-worked glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of John Gellatly; Arthur Beecher Carles (1882–1952), Venetian Gondolas, ca. 1909, oil on canvas. The Estate of Robert and Linda Wueste. Photograph by Susan Goines; Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Fiesta Grand Canal, Venice, ca. 1899, glass and ceramic mosaic tiles in plaster, Williams College Museum of Art. Bequest of Mrs. Charles Prendergast.
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