Object Name	Statue
Description	Statue of Venus/female torso. Statue is a slip cast. Spherical foot and plain base.
Artist	Littleton, Harvey
Collection	Ross C. Purdy Museum Collection
Dimensions	H-11 W-5 L-5 inches
Early Date	1941
Late Date	1941
Material	Vycor Glass
Medium	Glass
Notes	Manufacturer possibly Owens-Illinois Glass Company. In the summer of 1941 when Harvey Littleton was 19 and working in Building 40 of the Corning Glass Works, the laboratory of Dr. Fred Bickford, he created the slip cast for the piece. It was cast from Multiform, slip case Vycor glass.
Place of Origin	Corning, New York

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