The Chef
Artist: Daniel Owen Dailey (American, born 1947)
Date: 1988
Dimensions:
18 x 11 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
Medium: Colorless and black glass, blown, sand-blasted, and acid-polished; bronze
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number: 1991.117
Label Text:While studying ceramics at Philadelphia College of Art, Dailey received a grant to set up a glass studio, which at the time required building most of the equipment. This project provided Dailey with a critical exposure to glassworking, and soon he was “hooked on glass; no going back.”
After college, Dailey spent some time drawing cartoons for Zap Comics. His graphic ability helped him to capture in efficient line and form the “oddities” of human nature, as seen in his bold, but simple, approach to the human head in The Chef. The head-shaped vessel form harks back to ancient Mediterranean examples (see also Robert Arneson’s Laughing Vase in this gallery).
After college, Dailey spent some time drawing cartoons for Zap Comics. His graphic ability helped him to capture in efficient line and form the “oddities” of human nature, as seen in his bold, but simple, approach to the human head in The Chef. The head-shaped vessel form harks back to ancient Mediterranean examples (see also Robert Arneson’s Laughing Vase in this gallery).
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