[Decorative glazed panel depicting Halley's Comet] [art original] /
Crosbie, William,1915-1999.
[Scotland],
[1988?]
An art original.
Statement by the artist: The window pays homage to the persistence of homo sapiens to enquire, collate, lay in store, records of the various disciplines developed and acquired, with a temporary note in 1986 illumined by the reappearance of Halley's Comet. We therefore have the Comet, its tail the gyro, the semitic numerals allowing us to calculate our European Alpha and Omage, the symbol of St Andrew and the scales of everchanging justice and date.
One of a series of twelve decorative glazed panels which were previously arranged on levels 3 to 7 of the north facade of the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside Building. A group of Scottish artists were commissioned to create these panels which were then incorporated into the building which opened in 1988. The artists represented are Barbara Rae, Elizabeth Blackadder, Gordon Bryce, John Houston, William Littlejohn, Frances Walker, Glen Onwin, William Crosbie, Michael Docherty, Charles Pulsford, Ian McKenzie Smith and George Donald.
Glass painting and staining
Glass art
Halley's comet