Purple Walker (from the Walker series)
Purple Walker (from the Walker series)
Artist
Jack Schmidt
American, born 1945
Date1988
Dimensions58 1/8 x 12 x 9 in.
MediumPlate glass, stainless steel, and slate
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number
1991.134
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryLathrup Village, Michigan, Habatat Galleries, Jack Schmidt, 1988.
- Glass
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. 48, p. 76, cat. no. 91, p. 205.
Label TextWhen you look at glass, sometimes it’s like staring into the deep blue sea; sometimes it’s like staring into the outer atmosphere of the planet. It’s full of life. —Jack Schmidt Toledo-based sculptor Jack Schmidt has been combining metal and glass in his sculptures since the mid-1970s. He initially preferred stainless steel because he felt that it and glass “share similar characteristics” as materials that respond in particular ways to light.
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