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Vase Form

Artist Dr. Robert C. Fritz (American, 1920-1986)

Date1966

DimensionsH: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Diam: 20.3 cm (8 in.)

MediumLight olive green glass, blown, applied prunts

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1966.135

Not on View

Label TextA native of Toledo, Ohio, Robert Fritz earned a Ph.D. in chemistry with a specialty in glass at Ohio State University in 1960. During postgraduate studies, he met fellow glassmaker and studio glass pioneer Harvey Littleton. Although Fritz first urged colleagues to use glass as an art medium at the American Craft Council conference in 1961, it was not until he attended a summer workshop led by German glass artist Erwin Eisch in 1964that he applied the concept to his own career. Vase Form represents his dynamic, fluid style that expresses the essence of molten glass.Published References"Toledo Glass National," Ceramics Monthly; vol. 14, no. 10, Dec. 1966, repr. (b&w) p. 32.

Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, 1968, repr. fig. 111, p. 128.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 202, repr. (col.).

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 93, repr. (col.) p. 94, pl. 49.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Toledo Glass National, Oct. 15-Nov. 15, 1966, repr.