Head VI
Artist: Stanislav Libenský (Czech, 1921-2002)
Artist: Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech, 1924 - 2020)
Date: 1986
Dimensions:
H: 21 in. (53.3 cm); W: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); D: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Medium: Mold-melted transparent blue glass; cut and polished.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Margy and Scott Trumbull
Object number: 2006.53
Label Text:Husband-and-wife team Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are renowned, both singly and together, for sculptural glass that has exerted a lasting international influence throughout their long careers. Their tabletop sculptures like Head VI and Rhomboid Head are characterized by an innovative use of internal space.
The couple’s devotion to glass goes beyond the realm of art and enters an almost spiritual dimension. In 1995 they wrote: “Glass allows us to build up a harmony between shapes and penetrating light, and to thus define the essence of light-space and to touch the secret of this space. Nevertheless, although glass is a prime medium for us, the character and the qualities of this material are something more than only a means of artistic expression. Therefore, we cannot do anything but be all the time nearby glass.”
The couple’s devotion to glass goes beyond the realm of art and enters an almost spiritual dimension. In 1995 they wrote: “Glass allows us to build up a harmony between shapes and penetrating light, and to thus define the essence of light-space and to touch the secret of this space. Nevertheless, although glass is a prime medium for us, the character and the qualities of this material are something more than only a means of artistic expression. Therefore, we cannot do anything but be all the time nearby glass.”
DescriptionTransparent blue-gray glass; chunks of glass melted in a mold, ground, polished. Massive solid cast abstract sculpture with modeled non-polished front side and flat back.
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