To Die Upon a Kiss in 51 more days
Only 51 more days until To Die Upon a Kiss is displayed in the new Contemporary Art + Design Wing. To Die Upon a Kiss, Fred Wilson, Murano, Italy, 2011. 2014.3.10.
Posts Tagged ‘Recent Acquisition’
Recent Acquisition: Watercolors by Paul Nicolas
Recently, the Rakow Library acquired six watercolors by Paul Nicolas (1875-1952), a talented artist from Vosges, France. Nicolas attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, where he studied architecture until around 1893, when he began work as a draughtsman at … Read more →
Recent Acquisition: Forget-Me-Not, Lilac and Morning Glory Vases by the Union Glass Company
Union Glass Company was located in Somerville, Massachusetts and operated from 1854 through 1927. It was the first glassmaking venture for the Houghton Family, who owned and operated the company until 1864. The company’s product changed over the years from … Read more →
Geissler Tubes: Glass in Science and Technology
Over time, scientific instruments often enter the public arena, sometimes as common tools (like thermometers) or as devices providing entertainment (such as television). Today, we’ll look at an object perhaps unfamiliar in its original form but which has led to … Read more →