Gaffer on a Bench - Corning, NY
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This sculpture is in a small garden area on the west side of Corning Headquarter buildings. There are benches facing the sculpture.
Waymark Code: WMR6AR
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2016
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"Full-length figure of a gaffer, or glass blower, is seated on a glass blower's bench. He wears work clothes with his shirt sleeves rolled up. His eyeglasses are on his head. He holds a blowing iron in both hands. The iron is pointed downward diagonally, and is tipped with a round, inflated piece of glass. Tools lay on the left end of the bench."
TITLE: Gaffer on a Bench
ARTIST(S): Lucchesi, Bruno
DATE: 12/04/1993
MEDIUM: Bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY001035
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Corning, Inc Headquarters grounds Corning New York 14830
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The sculpture also has another bench in front of him.
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