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Artist Richard Meitner (American, born 1949)

Place of OriginAmsterdam, Netherlands

Date1984

Dimensions14 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 6 in.

MediumGlass, blown, with enamel paints

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1991.100

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

Label TextBased in Amsterdam, Richard Meitner has been working in glass for nearly 40 years. In this vase form, he uses the enigmatic enameled image to emphasize the transparency of the glass—the full image must be seen through the glass. At the same time, he used a technique called “fuming” that vaporized tin chloride onto the surface, creating iridescence around the top of the form that veils the view through the glass.Published ReferencesParis, Galerie D. M. Sarver, and Frankfurt, SM Galerie Edith Gottschalk, Meitner, text by Yvonna Brunhammer, Paris, 1985, (ill.).

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Richard Meitner-Le Verre, le contraire et l'autre, text by Yvonne Brunhammer, Jean Luc Olivié, and Gérard Gaveau, Paris and Liège, 1991, p. 30 (ill.).

Lynn, Martha Drexler, American Studio Glass, 1960-1990, New York, Hudson Hills, 2004, repr. (col.) p. 68.

Exhibition HistoryLathrup Village, Michigan, Habatat Galleries, The 12th National Glass Invitational Exhibition, 1984.

Oakland, California, The Oakland Museum, Contemporary American and European Glass from the Saxe Collection, 1986-1987 (exh. cat., p. 51, ill.) (traveled to New York, American Craft Museum).

Toledo Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, 1993-1995, pl. 29, p. 57, cat. no. 60, p. 200-201.