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Vase

Artist Chunghi Choo (Korean, born 1938)

Date1986

Dimensions18 x 7 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (45.7 x 19.7 x 9.2 cm)

MediumElectroformed copper, silverplate

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society

Object number

1996.10

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Label TextIn order to achieve the fluidity of form she envisioned, Chunghi Choo developed an industrial electroforming process for studio use, building her vessels in copper on a wax model, then silver-plating them. The sweeping movements characteristic of the traditional Chinese calligraphy brush, which Choo admired, have been transformed here into a three-dimensional, flowing, organic vessel shape. The graceful upward swing of the handles is airily dismissive of their practical function.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011, p. 28, repr. (col. ) p. 28.