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Objects in Space

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910-1987)

Date1966

DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown with trapped bubbles, amber and light green.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1966.131

Not on View

Label TextDominick Labino is a pioneer in the development of contemporary studio glass. He designed the furnace for the studio glassblowing first experiments held on the grounds of the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962—considered a milestone in the popularization of glass as a sculptural material. As former vice president for research at the Johns-Manville Fiber Glass, Inc., Labino was interested in experimentation. Color and its influence on form are two focal points of his work. As he explained, “Certain colors and forms go together. If you blow clear glass you are at a loss as to what to make. The color of the glass dictates the form.”Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 7 (det.), p. 33, repr. (col.) p. 35, pl. 13.

Koplos, Janet and Bruce Metcalf, Makers: a History of American Studio Craft, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2010, p. 282, fig. 8.22 (col.) p. 282.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.

Ross C. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, American Cerami Society, Inc. Westerville, Ohio. 1987.