Personal Archive Unit -- Granite-Ware Landscape Lamp
Artist: Richard Marquis (American, born 1945)
Date: 1981-1984
Dimensions:
H: 28 in. (71.1 cm); W: 17 in. (43.2 cm); Depth: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Medium: Painted plywood, blown and fabricated glass, and found objects (including ceramics, Bakelite, enamel, photograph, light bulb, and sand).
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number: 1991.127
Label Text:One of the first American artists to travel to Venice, Italy, to observe the centuries-old secrets of the master glassblowers on the island of Murano, Richard Marquis combines technical mastery with offbeat humor in his glass objects and assemblages. His Personal Archive Unit series presents jumbled collections of his own glass works along with found objects in an eclectic mixture of nostalgia and quirky playfulness.
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