Opaque Copper Vase

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Opaque Copper Vase

Artist Harvey K. Littleton (American, 1922-2013)

Date1966

DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in.; Diam: 5 1/2 in.

MediumGlass, blown, with internal opaque copper red swirls

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase Award

Object number

1966.133

Not on View

Published References

"Toledo Glass National," Ceramics Monthly, vol. 14, no. 10, Dec. 1966, repr. (b&w) p. 33.

"Exhibitions: Toledo Glass National," Craft Horizons, vol. 26, no. 6, Nov./Dec. 1966, repr. (b&w), p. 48.

Keefe, John W., "Modern Glass" Toledo Museum News, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring 1969, p. 20, repr.

Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, 1968, repr. fig. 116, p. 128.

Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 126 (col.).

Beard, Geoffrey, International Modern Glass, London, 1976, repr. p. 155.

Byrd, Joan Falconer, Harvey K. Littleton: a Life in Glass, Founder of America's Studio Glass Movement, New York, Skira Rizzoli, 2011, repr. (col.) p. 70.

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 33, repr. (col.) p. 37, pl. 14.

Exhibition History

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Glass National, Oct. 15-Nov. 15, 1966, repr.

Morristown, New Jersey, The Morris Museum; Norman, Oklahoma, The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; Mobile, Alabama, Fine Arts Museum of the South; Corpus Christi, TX, Art Museum of South Texas; Scottsdale, AZ, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Tulsa, OK, Philbrook Art Center, Glass: From Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art: 1962-1992 and Beyond, 1992-1994, p. 50.