Composition #55
Artist: Robert Kehlmann (American, born 1942)
Date: 1979
Dimensions:
H: 34 in. (86.4 cm); W: 38 7/16 in. (97.6 cm); Depth: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Medium: Glass, leaded with lead appliqués and steel
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number: 1991.97
Label Text:Though constructed with traditional stained-glass techniques, Robert Kehlmann’s “windows” are more like drawings in glass. Stained-glass and other craft media experienced a revival in the United States after World War II, and Kehlmann uses this process that is often limited to architectural settings to create experiments in abstraction. Normally a structural element, he uses the lead cames to create unusual patterns which, along with his bold use of color, challenges our notions about stained glass.
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