Cut Glass "Illuminates" After Tuska

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Watercolor
Paper

A framed cut glass Illuminates after Tuska. The piece features a colorful glass figure in a frame open to the back. The figure is taken from Tuska’s Illumine Dance study and is made in pale yellow. The piece bears the Tuska Studio mark on the bottom right.

Tuska was a Kentucky-based artist, born in Yukon, Pennsylvania and best known for his sculptures, ceramics, paper casts, inks, and watercolors. He acquired his formal education at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, New York. After serving in the U.S Navy, he became an educator at the University of Kentucky, which commissioned him to produce the bronze figure sculptures for the series Genesis (1969) and Illumine (1995). His work can be found in multiple institutions including Museum of Arts and Science, Georgetown College, Krannert Art Museum, Palmer Art Museum, Pennsylvania State University and University of Kentucky Art Museum, among many others.

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17LEX097-146