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This led to commissions around the
country.
Martha Graham, a life-size sculp-
ture of the dancer, was planned for a
300 - acre development in Arizona.
Women Waiting includes three 12-foot
figures and is on display at a com-
plex in Oklahoma. Other works
have become part of the perma-
nent collections of public and pri-
vate institutions, including the
Dennos Museum in Traverse City,
Saginaw Valley State College and
Ann Arbor Commerce Bank.
"When I work on commission, I
expect artistic parameters," says
Glasser, who keeps a Degas
poster of a line of dancers in
her studio for inspiration. "I
present clients with models
before doing the actual
work."
Glasser's only
kek'
sculpture of
Jewish con-
tent was a gift
at the time of her
mother's 75th
'After
birthday. Titled
Degas,"
Miriam, it was
bronze.
planned to cap-
ture the strength
of the biblical
One sculpture the artist has done
and kept for herself is not related to
dance. One in a series of seven pieces,
it shows a woman comforting a man.
"It was done at a time in my life
when I was stressed about finding out
who I was and becoming my own per-
son," she recalls. "I was interested in
conveying emotion rather than motion."

"Precise
Extension,"
bronze.

Glasser, who taught at the Ann Arbor
Art Center for 20 years, is co-chair of
the Acceptance Committee of the Ann
Arbor Street Art Fair. She gets outside
jurors to look at the work of 2,000
applicants and spends each March on
this responsibility.
Also preparing for a show going
to an Arizona gallery, the
artist shares profes-
sional interests
with her family.
Her husband,
Nathaniel Ehrlich,
is a photographer
who has focused
on the field of
dance. Son

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